State Forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal has directed officials of the Forest Department and the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority to work together for tree plantation and development of flower gardens along the banks of Rispana and Bindal rivers in Dehradun. The minister said this while chairing a meet with the officials in Dehradun on Monday.
Aggarwal said that Chief Minister Harish Rawat was according importance to ensuring public participation in tree plantation and civic sanitation. He said that the State Government is ready to provide all possible assistance to the municipal corporation in sanitation works, adding that the corporation cannot evade its responsibility by blaming the Government.
A clean-up will be organised on July 24 at Mohabbewala Gram Sabha, one of the entry points to Dehradun. The Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority will provide one JCB, gloves, masks and 500 tree guards. Saplings will be planted on the roadsides after the area is cleaned.