India, June 14 -- Starting next month, the Delhi government plans to open plantation activities to the public during this year's Van Mahotsav celebrations, enabling residents to register for free drives in their neighbourhood through a dedicated online portal.

According to Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the state forest department will launch a portal by June end, which will provide ward-wise details of plantation sites, allowing visitors to identify the site nearest to them. They can register for the same and plant saplings with assistance from the government.

Delhi government has set a target of planting 7,000,000 saplings this year, with 1,500,000 to be planted in the city's reserved forest areas.

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