Clean UP, Green UP

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Clean UP, Green UP is an initiative to increase the awareness on environmentally friendly works done in Uttar Pradesh by the state government. Just like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan It covers initiatives pertaining to solar energy, ban on plastics, cycle tracks, conservation of forests and animals/birds, etc.[1] Uttar Pradesh is in the Guinness Book of World Records for planting most number of saplings in one day,[2] with the government distributing and planting 10,38,578 saplings in ten locations on 7 November 2015, as part of the initiative.[3]

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  1. ^ "'We will create a Green legacy'". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh government's green initiative earns a place in Guinness World Records: All you need to know : Current Affairs". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ "UP sets world record in highest tree plantation in one day". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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