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LUDHIANA: In an initiative aimed at enhancing the green cover in the district, deputy commissioner (DC) Varinder Kumar Sharma on Monday kicked off a major plantation drive at Jagraon.
Initiating the plantation in various points of sub-division, the DC, along with head of Nanaksar Gurudwara Baba Lakha Singh, additional DC Jagraon Nayan, assistant commissioner (under training) Harjinder Singh Bedi, sub-divisional magistrate Narinder Singh Dhaliwal,said the clean and pollution-free environment is a must for ensuring good health of the citizens and trees are the only source of oxygen, the basis of human life on the earth.
Sharma said in today’s scenario when the forest cover is rapidly depleting, the need of the hour is to ensure maximum plantation. He added that major thrust would be laid on proper upkeep of these plants.