Maharashtra Forest Department

There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal.

[5][6] To fight climate change and droughts in Maharashtra, the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.

[7] It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1 July to 30 September in the State of Maharastra.

[8][9] The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.

[10] In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.