As many as 52 crore saplings wereplanted in Maharashtra in the last three years, minister of state for forests Duttatray Bharane told the Legislative Council on Thursday.The minister was responding to a calling attention raised by Congress MLC Husnabano Khalife."The target during 2017-19 was to plant 50 crore saplings but the actual figure has jumped to 52 crore and the survival rate of the planted saplings is 80 per cent," Bharane said.In 2014-19, former forest minister and BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar had launched a campaign to plant saplings on a large scale in a bid to increase green cover across the state.Then opposition parties -- Congress and NCP -- had on several occasions raised doubts over the plantation drive and the survival of saplings.NCP MLA Bharane on Thursday confirmed the over- achievement of the drive."Details about all the saplings that were planted are available on Vanyukta Shivar app," he said.Asked about complaints of half-hearted implementation of the campaign, he said, "We will go case by case. The scheme is going to continue and we intend to plant 10 crore saplings every year.