LUDHIANA: Aimed at increasing the green cover and to provide fresh air in the state under mission ‘Tandrust Punjab’, the forest department, Ludhiana will distribute 2.5 lakh
saplings through newly-launched mobile app ‘ihariyali’. The people can book saplings of their choice in the app which can be downloaded easily from play store. There are several varieties of saplings including fruit, medicinal, tree, timber, ornamentals, and shrubs.
Giving more information on this, the
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Charanjeet Singh said, “When a person will book sapling on the app, an SMS will be sent on his mobile informing him about the government’s nursery and forest guard’s contact number and date on which the person can collect the plant within the given time slot. The person can also search nurseries according to saplings required and can book maximum 10 saplings in one go immediately available through the app and the saplings will be given free of cost”
DFO also stated that the app can be used in entire state as it has details of each district, government nurseries and others. He added the forest department has already started receiving orders from the people. DFO further added that apart from this drive, the department will also plant 2.14 lakh saplings on its land in Ludhiana under 'Ghar Ghar Hariyali' program besides 7.25 lakh more saplings in the entire district.
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