Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a mega plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh by planting a sapling at a primary school in Varanasi.
On his arrival, Modi unveiled a tall bronze statue of late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, outside the terminal building of the Varanasi airport.
The plantation drive was launched at Harahua primary school in Anand Kanan forest on the Panch Kosi Marg where Lord Shiva was believed to have stayed with Parvati for some time.
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