Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 7
In a bid to increase the green cover across the state, the state government has decided to plant fructiferous saplings in government schools.
Under this campaign, which will be launched across the state on July 15, more than 1.25 lakh saplings will be planted in government schools during the first phase.
Disclosing this here today, Horticulture Minister Fauja Singh Sarari said the government was paying special attention towards crop diversification to further increase the income of farmers and get them out of the vicious cycle of wheat and paddy.
Divulging about the second phase of the campaign, the Cabinet Minister said that fructiferous saplings would be planted along the water distributaries and roads across the state. He also informed that further care of these saplings to be ensured by the Horticulture Department and responsibility of the concerned officials would be fixed. He also reviewed the working of Horticulture Department and directed the officials to chalk out the plan to set up orchards on abandoned government land.
Green cover in schools to go up
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