Van Mahotsav
Van Mahotsav Van Mahotsav or Vanamahotsava, lit. 'Forest festival', is an annual one-week tree-planting festival in India celebrated in the first week of July. By encouraging Indians to support tree planting and tending, festival organisers hope to create more forests in the country. It would provide alternative fuels, increase production of food resources, build shelter belts around fields to increase productivity, provide food and shade for cattle, offer shade and decorative landscapes, reduce drought, and help to prevent soil erosion. The first week of July is just the right time for planting trees in most parts of India since it coincides with the monsoon. History With the onset of the monsoon, tens and thousands of saplings are planted all across India and the festival literally is the celebration and creation of new life. Van Mahotsav was started back in the year 1950 by K.M. Munshi, who, back then, was a Union Minister for Agriculture and Food. The main aim of this Maho...