Jaipur, June 5 -- Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Friday participated in the plantation drive 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign at World Forestry Arboretum on World Environment Day.

Speaking at the occasion, Rajasthan Minister Jogaram Patel marked World Environment Day by emphasising that the state's 'Ek Ped Maa ke Naam' campaign focuses equally on planting and nurturing trees.

"For the last two years, we have been planting trees in Rajasthan under the 'Ek Ped Maa ke Naam' campaign. Our CM believes that it is equally important to grow and care for a tree as it is to plant one. Today, we have planted trees with the same pledge on the occasion of World Environmental Day," said Patel.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra M...