As part of year-long celebrations of the Sikhs’ first master Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary, Punjab Government would undertake an extensive plantation drive by planting 550 saplings in every village of the state by September 30, next.
Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday appealed to the people to join the drive, underlining the need to plant more trees to make Punjab clean, green and pollution free.
He asked the people to come forward for making this plantation drive a grand success as this gigantic task could not be accomplished without their active support and participation.
“Nearly 66 lakhs saplings of seasonal trees would be planted in all 12,700 villages, which would be provided free of cost,” he said.
Capt Amarinder said that the Departments of Forests and Rural Development and Panchayats, as the nodal departments, had been entrusted the task of supplying 550 saplings to the each of the villages under this year-long drive, beginning from September 30.
