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In 2010, Modi made a world record and defeated Pakistan, but that tree is not found.
Gandhinagar Hariyalu was built by an officer
Ahmedabad leaders cheating in the name of trees!
Modi’s record also dried up in Ahmedabad
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 13 July 2026
It was decided to plant 1.25 crore trees in Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency and 50 lakh trees in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area. It was announced to increase the amount of greenery in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency from 11.23 percent to 20 percent. It was announced to build a total of 101 oxygen parks in the Lok Sabha constituency.
Ahmedabad MP, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Bhai Shah created a Guinness World Record by planting 3.61 lakh saplings of 35 varieties in one hour using Miyawaki method in 91 thousand square meters in Bhadaj by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 25 thousand people planted saplings
Narendra Modi had also created a world record for planting trees in Ahmedabad in 2010. But those trees did not grow.
Since 1986, BJP has been making the election promise of making Ahmedabad green. But Ahmedabad is not going green and has been wasting public money for 40 years.
how many trees planted
4 crore trees would have been planted in Ahmedabad in 40 years. It was claimed to plant 3 crore trees from 2010 to 2026. At present more than 20 lakh trees are not standing on the ground.
It has been claimed that from 2014 to 2016, 1 crore 55 lakh trees have been planted in Ahmedabad.
It was claimed that 2 crore 50 lakh saplings have been planted in Ahmedabad in the last 12 years. In which 100 years of the history of Ahmedabad will be completed by 2025.
50 lakh in 5 years from 2014 to 2018, an average of 2 lakh per year
75 lakh 43 thousand trees in 5 years from 2019 to 2023..
30 lakh trees will be planted from 2024 to 2025.
40 lakh in 2016-2025
Decision to plant 50 lakh trees in 2026.
On July 12, 2026, he created a world record by planting 3.61 lakh trees in one hour.
reality
Planted 6 lakh trees in 14 years
There were 6.18 lakh trees in 2012. As of 2016, there were 15.41 lakh living big trees. Rs. to plant 70 lakh saplings in two years. 100 crores were spent.
In 2025, a survey of the city’s tree cover was conducted by the International Council for Local Environment Initiative. The survey found a decline in tree cover in Bar ward from 2012-2024. The highest decline of more than 41 percent was recorded in Vatna.
How much reduction in green cover?
In Ahmedabad city, 8.51 percent voting took place in Vejalpur, 1.68 percent in Khadia, 25.33 percent in Amraiwadi, 11.55 percent in Danilimda, 1.69 percent in Isanpur, 24.61 percent in Khokhra, 41.88 percent in Vatva, 27.7 percent in Lamba, 26.09 percent in Ranip, Sardar Patel Stadium. 3.75 percent, Navrangpura 2.69 percent and Paldi 27.55 percent.
12000 trees were cut in 7 years.
It is claimed that India has planted a total of 62 crore trees so far.
In Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency till now a total of Rs. Works worth Rs 28,492 crore have been completed.
Modi’s record is a sham
On July 31, 2010, the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi created a world record by starting the Green Ahmedabad Project of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation by planting 8 lakh trees in the GMDC grounds of the city.
Breaking the record of planting 5 lakh trees in the name of Pakistan, 7.5 lakh trees have been grown in Ahmedabad.
The mayor was Kanaji Thakor. 400 trees were planted at the site. Modi made headlines but trees did not grow. Modi’s lie was caught.
Now it will take a year to catch Amit Shah’s lies.
After large-scale uprooting of trees, authorities have taken steps to preserve them.
Smritivan, which was completed in 2010, disappeared from people’s memory.
In August 2010, when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister, the city simultaneously planted more than 9.19 lakh trees in different areas, creating a world record and earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
People were bombarded with huge advertisements. But the trees could not save even 10 percent. This was a big betrayal of Modi with the public. Now Amit Shah is doing that work.
A Smriti Van was also created at the GMDC grounds in Ahmedabad. Which has disappeared from the memory of the urban people today. There is nothing except stone. Today this forest has become deserted.
Yogaguru Ramdev rejected it
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev conducted a yoga program a month after planting saplings in the GMDC grounds. Due to this, most of the trees in this Smriti Van were destroyed at that time. After that, the remaining part of Smritivan was also destroyed due to buildings.
What does the Director of Horticulture Department say?
Regarding the world record of planting more than nine lakh trees in 2010, Jignesh Patel, director of the horticulture department of AMPA, revealed that no proper plan was made by AMPA for its maintenance after planting. Only about 10 percent of the trees remain, while the rest have been destroyed.
Didn’t count on saving Modi
In 2010, Narendra Modi created a world record by planting trees in Ahmedabad so that no tree in Ahmedabad was counted. Under the pressure of development, lakhs of ancient and precious trees were removed from Ahmedabad city and its surrounding areas.
Having said.
Bhupendra Patel has gone ahead of Modi in destroying forests, 20 lakh meters of forest has been given to industrialists in 3 years.
30 industrialists had grabbed 180 hectares of forest land.
BJP’s Bhupendra Patel government has given the green forest to the industry owners.
…handed over for a pittance.
For the first time in 20 years, the state’s tree cover area has decreased by 3 percent.
In 2023, responding to questions from MLAs in the Legislative Assembly, the BJP government stated that 180 hectares of forest land—equivalent to 1.8 million square meters—had been allocated to industries over a two-year period.
Forest land was effectively signed away at a rate of just ₹437 per square meter; a total of ₹78.71 crore was collected from the industries.
In 2021, 21 industrialists sought to acquire forest land; the government granted 172 hectares of this land.
In 2022, nine industries collectively took over lush green forest land; the Bhupendra Patel government allocated 7.35 hectares of this. In total, over these two years…
In Surat district, the ArcelorMittal-Nippon Group requested the government to hand over an additional 196.90 hectares of Forest Department land in the Hazira-Suvali area.
Of the 93 hectares acquired under undue pressure, 65.73 hectares were ultimately taken over.
In Panghau village, Kutch, 206.38 hectares of non-forest land were acquired.
35% Decline in Tree Cover
A 2022 Forest Department report stated that trees were felled across an area of 2,869 sq. km over a decade, representing a 34.32% reduction.
Gujarat ranks sixth in the country in terms of tree cover.
Tree felling continued for 11 years under Modi’s rule.
The Modi government allocated 2,211 hectares of forest land to industries across three districts.
The beneficiaries included 17 industrialists, among them Essar, Adani, Hutch-Essar Limited, and Vodafone-Essar. It was allocated for ₹116 crore.
Twenty-one MLAs cornered the Modi government on this issue in the Legislative Assembly.
In Kutch, the Adani Group had acquired 2,008.41 hectares of forest land for the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone.
Gautam Adani was supposed to create new forests at a cost of ₹12 crore, yet the Modi government handed over the land for ₹100 crore.
In Kutch district, 130 hectares of land were allocated to Gujarat Power, for which the industry paid ₹13 crore.
In Surat, 34 hectares of land were allocated to Essar Steel; a sum of ₹3.43 crore was charged for it.
In Surat, 0.065 hectares of land were allocated to Tata Telecom.
In Kutch, 10 hectares of land were allocated to Vodafone Essar.
In Surat, 4.9324 hectares of land were allocated to Essar SEZ Limited.
Across the country, 13.35 lakh hectares of forest land have passed into the hands of landless people.
Forests cover 11.14 percent of the state’s total geographical area.
There are discrepancies in the data provided by the Union Ministry. The government lacks accurate data regarding the extent of forest land encroachment.
The National Green Tribunal has previously imposed fines on individuals or companies encroaching upon forest land.
A project by J.K. Paper costing ₹1,600 crore, which will utilize a large quantity of forest timber.
In Dholera, approximately 6,000 hectares of coastal and land-based trees could be felled; this includes 2,280 hectares of mangrove cover, with 1,800 hectares featuring dense mangrove growth.
Destruction of mangroves over a 20 km stretch in Bhachau.
Salt production units have cleared mangroves from an area of 1,200 to 1,300 acres. There is a possibility that mangrove forests across the remaining 4,000 acres will be destroyed.
According to Forest Department estimates, mangrove forests spread over an area of approximately 25 square kilometers on revenue division land in the Mundra taluka of Kutch have been destroyed. In Kutch, mangrove forests covering 22 square kilometers have been cleared.
In Khavda, 100,000 hectares of land lay vacant. Of this, the Ministry of Defence granted permission to set up a solar park on 72,600 hectares.
Former Chief Minister Narendra Modi sold vast tracts of grazing land in Kutch to Adani at prices ranging from 15 paise to 2 rupees. Across the state, 1.8 million hectares of land have been sold to industrialists.
In 2012, Justice M.B. Shah—appointed to investigate corruption allegations against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi—stated before the commission that a social organization had allotted 60 million square meters of land to Adani at a throwaway price. The Congress party had alleged that Chief Minister Modi was involved in corruption across 15 issues. The 60 million square meters of land were allotted to Adani at rates ranging from ₹1 to ₹32 per square meter. (Google translation from Gujarati; please refer to the original report.)
