Aimed at maintaining the green cover of the city, the UT Administration will release the Greening Chandigarh Action Plan 2014-15 on Thursday, the World Environment Day.
To celebrate the World Environment Day in a befitting manner, the UT Forest and Environment Department in collaboration with Youth Innovative Society, Chandigarh will also organise an environment awareness cycle rally which will be flagged off from Sukhna lake on Thursday morning. Around 200 NSS volunteers of UT Chandigarh colleges and schools will participate in this event.
The aim of this cycle rally is to spread the message of environment conservation among various stakeholders of the society and to promote cycling in the city. Santosh Kumar, Director, UT Forest and Environment Department said, “On this occasion, the Greening Chandigarh Action Plan 2014-15 will also be released by the KK Sharma, Adviser to UT Administrator. This annual plan is a guiding tool for all the greening agencies of UT Administration to strategise effectively to fulfill their commitment of making city beautiful, more clean and green.”
“The plan outlines the achievement of previous year’s plantation targets as well as provides information about plantation targets for current year. The action plan also provides valuable information to the citizens about plantation tips, effective measures to protect the existing plantations, common medicinal plants and their uses etc,” he said.