LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will plant a sapling in Gorakhpur on July 12 as part of a mega plantation drive that aims to plant over 35 crore saplings across Uttar Pradesh in a single day. On Thursday, the state government released a list of ministers who will plant saplings along with the locations where they will do so.

Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak will plant a sapling in Lucknow, while deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya will be in Jhansi for the same exercise. Minister of state for health Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh will be in Amethi to kick-start the drive there.

In all, names of ministers, MLAs, office-bearers of various government organisations were released. Union ministers will also participa...