LUCKNOW, July 13 -- Uttar Pradesh planted over 352.7 million (352,789,926) saplings across the state on Sunday as part of a mega drive (Vraksharopan Mahayagya 2026) launched by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur, according to an official statement issued by the state government.

This takes the total count of saplings planted this year to over 400 million (40,29,36,367), including the over 50 million (50,146,441) saplings planted on World Environment Day on June 5.

The state had set a target of 350 million saplings for the day as part of the annual drive but exceeded it by over 2.7 million (2,789,926) saplings. Since 2017, the total number of saplings planted across the state has crossed 2.82 billion, according to official figur...