Ludhiana, July 26

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Monday launched a plantation drive at Jagraon. The DC planted saplings at various points of the sub-division, along with head of Nanaksar Gurdwara Baba Lakha Singh, Jagraon Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr Nayan, Assistant Commissioner (under training) Dr Harjinder Singh Bedi and SDM Narinder Singh Dhaliwal. Sharma said clean and pollution-free environment was a must for ensuring good health of citizens.

In today’s scenario when forest cover was rapidly depleting, ensuring maximum plantation was the need of the hour. The main focus of the drive was to ensure that more trees were planted in the sub-division, the DC added. — TNS