Hoshiarpur: A 'Van Mahotsav' (Forest Festival) was organized at the Forest Range Office on Mall Road. On this occasion, DFO Dharmveer Dheru (IFS) planted a sapling and urged everyone to plant as many trees as possible during the monsoon season. He stated that the department has set a target of planting 6.5 lakh saplings this season.
To meet this goal, approximately 30 lakh saplings have been prepared in the department's nurseries, ensuring that organizations, social workers, and environmental enthusiasts joining this campaign face no difficulties in obtaining them. He mentioned that organizations can contact the department's office or submit their requests for saplings via the government website.
He further noted that to encourage tree planting, the government has reduced the cost of saplings; a sapling is now available for just ?2. This ensures affordability and encourages people to plant more trees, thereby contributing to a greener and cleaner environment. He also called upon department staff and officials to inspire the public to plant trees and care for them.
Forest Range Officers Jaspal Singh and Manjinder Singh; Block Officers (BOs) Avtar Singh, Jasvir Singh, and Balwant Kumar; along with Akash Angural, Gurpreet Singh, Deepak Behl, Manjit Singh, Paramjit Kaur, Baljit Kaur, Krishna Kumar, Pipl Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Himanshu Salaria, and other department officials and forest guards were present at the event.