Jeypore,13th Sept 2025: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday falls on the upcoming 17th of September. On this occasion, several officials including Koraput MLA Raghuram Machha, District Collector Manoj Satyanand Mahajan, Koraput Municipality Chairperson Lalatendu Ranjan Sethi, District Council Chairperson, Chief Development Officer and Executive Officer Benudhar Sabar, Koraput Forest Division Officer K. V. Bhaskar Rao, and Koraput BDO Debashish Gouda, launched a mobile sapling distribution van named “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” (One Tree in the Name of Mother).
This mobile van will distribute saplings from production centers to each Gram Panchayat in the district.
To mark the Prime Minister’s birthday, a target has been set to plant six lakh saplings across the district. As part of this initiative, saplings will also be planted in schools under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” program.
The Forest Department has announced that it will supply saplings to all Panchayat schools and colleges located in the Koraput forest region and surrounding forested areas.
The event was coordinated under the leadership of Koraput Divisional Forest Officer S. K. Pahadi Singh.