Need of the hour to protect our environment: DFO Vikram Singh Kundra
Jalandhar, 17 June 2018 [Amrit Brar]
The residents of city who were interested to plant saplings of their choice in their home or locality could now get the plants of their choice, free of cost, at a single click of their mobile as the state government has recently launched ‘i-hariyali’ mobile app under ‘Tandarust Punjab’ Mission to enhance green cover in the state.
Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma said that this unique app, launched by Forest department, available on Google play store in android phone enables a resident to choose the plant of his choice whether Timber, Ornamental, Medicinal, Fruits or ornamental shrubs.
He said that through this user friendly app any person could select the plant species and place his order, which would be given to him from government nurseries.
Mr. Sharma said that the people would be shown the nurseries at vicinity of their location from where they could search nurseries according to saplings required by them as per convenience.
The Deputy Commissioner said that not only this but the app would also show the quantity of such plants/ saplings available in the nurseries. He said that whenever anybody books sapling through the app an SMS would be sent to him on mobile through which he could collect that sapling from nursery on the fixed time.
Expressing concern over the depleting green cover in the district, Mr. Sharma expressed hope that the app would tremendously help in enhancing the tree cover in district thereby checking the environmental pollution.
Vikram Singh Kundra IFS Divisional forest officer
Meanwhile, Divisional Forest Officer Mr. Vikram Singh Kundra said that the forest department has seven plant nurseries in district including Maqsoodan, Bhogpur, Tut Kalan near Nakodar, Kaangana near Malsian, Shahkot and two at Phillaur.
He said that these entire nurseries figure in this app and the people could check the availability of saplings in these nurseries through this app and collect them on the fixed time, after ordering them.