<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today launched the state's ambitious project of planting 33 crore saplings within next two months. Planting a sapling at Anandwan in Chandrapur district, Mr. Fadnavis said the aim was to create a record of planting over 50-crore saplings during the tenure of the current BJP-led State Government. Maharashtra Government has successfully planted 2.82 crore saplings in 2016, 5.17 crore saplings in 2017 and 15.17 crore in 2018.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Hoping that Maharashtra would soon be known as Harit Rajya or a Green State, the Chief Minister said the efficacy of the plantation drive is being ensured by tracking the well-being and growth of each sapling. Making an appeal to everyone to plant a tree, Mr. Fadnavis said it is high time that people wake up to the huge environmental crisis and take effective measures so that future generations survive and lead a healthy life. He also talked about shifting to green transport to curb pollution and the need for an app to measure an individual's carbon footprint and methods to reduce the same.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Of the 33 crore target for 2019, state  Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said  that the government has adopted the Japanese 'Miyawaki' pattern of plantation to increase forest cover. Named after Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, the pattern ensures saplings grow ten times faster and the forest is thirty times more dense. He said the technique has already been implemented in Jalna, Aurangabad, Hingoli, Beed, Latur, Pune and Jalgaon districts.</span><br />