CompletedPlantation1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019Bareilly, Mathura, Sonbhadra, Kasganj and Sikandra Rao

Vriksh Mitra–Gram Mitra Abhiyan 2019–20 with ONGC

Our largest project to date: 98,800 fruit saplings to 10,522 families across five districts with ONGC's CSR support — including 61,000 saplings in a single day.

Guests on a stage lined with fruit saplings at a 2019 distribution camp

In 2019–20, with CSR support from ONGC, the campaign reached 10,522 families in Bareilly, Mathura, Sonbhadra, Kasganj and Sikandra Rao with 98,800 fruit saplings over six months, at a project cost of ₹48 lakh. It remains the largest single project the Foundation has run.

The highlight came on 2 October 2019, when 61,000 saplings were distributed to 5,215 villagers in one day on the grounds of Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, with more than 2,000 people from the city invited to join.

Trees distributed

Jackfruit, litchi, custard apple, mulberry, falsa, grafted guava, lemon, ber, karonda and grafted mango.

Alongside

In the same year, individual donors funded a further 40,000 saplings for 4,951 families in the same districts.

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Vriksh Mitra–Gram Mitra Abhiyan

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