4.58 Lakh saplings planted since July 1 in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, August 24, 2021: In  a major initiative aimed at enhancing green cover in the district on one hand checking the environmental pollution on the other, the district administration has planted 4,58,000 saplings in the Ludhiana since July 1 under Mission Fateh campaign. 

On Tuesday, the administration celebrated Van Mahotsav by kicking off a unique plantation drive by planting around 20000 plants in an hour at 25 different locations.

Leading the drive by planting saplings in the circuit house, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Amit Kumar Panchal said that since July 1, around 4.58 lakh saplings have already been planted in panchayati lands, around village ponds, on sides of the roads, educational institutes, health care centres and others in the Ludhiana.  He told that it was a path breaking step aimed at enhancing the green cover in the district. 

Additional Deputy Commissioner said that this drive was embarked in consonance with the commitment of the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to encourage people to plant more and more trees for making Punjab clean, green and pollution free. 

Panchal said that clean and pollution free environment was a must for ensuring good health of the citizens as trees were the only source of oxygen, which was the basis of human life on the earth. He added that in today’s scenario when the forest cover was rapidly depleting the need of hour was to ensure maximum plantation, so that it could be enhanced.

Additional Deputy Commissioner said that during this drive thrust was being laid on plantation and maintenance of more and more number of trees at the vacant government or Panchayat land. He said that it was the need of the hour to ensure that the environmental pollution, which was a major cause of concern for humanity, was checked efficaciously. 

Prominent among present on the occasion included DFO Harbhajan Singh, NGO representative Maneet Diwan and others.