PM Modi urges tree planting in 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke about the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign launched on World Environment Day, appealing to the citizens and people worldwide to join the tree plantation initiative with their mother to celebrate both motherhood and the environment.

While addressing the nation in his 111th episode of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Sunday PM Modi said that with the thought of doing something for our Mother, the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign was launched across the country on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5 which is progressing rapidly.

“If I ask you which is the most precious relationship in the world, you will definitely say - ‘Mother’. In all our lives, the status of ‘mother’ is the highest. A mother nurtures her child despite facing every pain. Every mother shows affection for her child. This love of the mother who gave birth to us is like a debt on all of us which no one can repay. We cannot give anything to Mother, but can we do anything else? With this thought in mind, a special campaign has been started on World Environment Day this year, the name of this campaign is - ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’. I have also planted a tree in the name of my mother,” he said.