“To make it more meaningful, the minimum quantity of plants that can be requested is 15. He said the plants offered included timber (sheesham and drek), fruits (guava and jaamun), ornamental shrubs (kaner and hibiscus), medicinal (neem and amla) and shrubs (amaltas and bottle brush). Besides, the residents can also order the saplings online on “The caller has to click on the link of the order form sent through WhatsApp message and place his/ her request for saplings,” the DC revealed, while adding that 7 lakh saplings and 1,610 “trivenis” would be planted across the district till August 15.ĭivulging the progress of the ‘Green Ludhiana’ campaign, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Amit Kumar Panchal, said almost 500 calls have been received at an average of 100 calls daily. She said the residents can give a missed call on mobile number 8289066979 anytime to receive an automatic message on their WhatsApp number. The DC, who launched the mobile ATM tree under the Mission Hara Bhara Punjab announced by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, told The Tribune, here on Tuesday that the initiative has evoked a massive response from the local residents, who have come forward in large numbers to get the saplings planted in their vacant lands with a pledge to safeguard and protect them grow trees. Ludhiana had ranked 95th in 2018 and 127th most polluted city of the world in 2019. This was almost 100 spots down from 142nd most polluted city in the world that Ludhiana had ranked in 2020, with average annual particulate matter (PM) 2.5 value of 71.8 micrograms per metric cub (µg/m3). The development assumes significance as Ludhiana, the industrial capital of the state, has ranked among the 41st most polluted cities in the world in 2021. A missed call or a click of the mouse and a pledge to take care of the planted saplings is all that the beneficiary needs to do for getting the plants planted at doorsteps, the administration has said. In a first, residents are being offered at least 15 saplings of various varieties each for free in the district. In order to make Ludhiana’s environment clean and green by increasing the green cover, the district administration has rolled out a mobile tree ATM to distribute and plant the saplings at the doorsteps of the callers.
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