India, July 14 -- The city is set to significantly ramp up its green cover this year, with the Greater Noida authority planning to plant nearly 190,000 saplings -- a target over 40% higher than the earlier projection of 134,000 -- as part of the monsoon afforestation drive under the Centre's "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" campaign, officials said on Monday.

Plantation activities are already underway across parks, green belts, and urban forest patches. Key sites include the PM Van in Sector 16B, the urban forest near Zero Point on IT City Road, green belts at Roja Yakubpur, Sector 16 near the railway track, Coco County Society, Bennett University, and Sector P3.

The authority has selected native and avenue species such as pilkhan, neem, jamun, ama...