National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organised “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” in five main stream Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
This week-long afforestation drive was organised during July 9 to July 15, 2018 as ‘Shubharambh Saptah’.
State Forest Departments of the 5 basin states were made the nodal agencies.
Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) were made the district level Nodal Officers and Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) at the State level for organizing the events.