DFO Sangrur Vidhya Sagri Plans More Green Cover for Sangrur
By Amrit Pal Brar
Sangrur 31 July: Every effort would be made to extend the green cover across the villages in Sangrur division which consists part of Barnala district. ambitious plans are being meticulously executed. This was disclosed by DFO (Divisional Forest Officer) Vidhya Sagri, IFS while talking with sarkar darbar.
She said that under the ongoing project of planting saplings during the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji in November this year, various villages have already been covered and we will more speedup this work.
She disclosed that almost all the local species like Neem, Jamun, Sukhchain, Tahli and other species are planted at common places across the villages. “Apart from planting these saplings we are also encouraging farmers and villagers to take proper care and maintenance of these newly planted saplings,” the DFO said.
She further said that the officials of the Forest Department are in touch with the panchayat members, clubs and NGOs to create awareness about the care and then proper pruning of these saplings in coming months.
She said that people are also encouraged to plant saplings on their own as well for which they may get the saplings of their choice by using i-Haryali App. DFO said that this application can be downloaded at any android mobile phone by the use of which they can obtain the saplings in their respective areas.
Vidhya Sagri has recently joined as DFO at Sangrur and earlier, she has served as DFO (wildlife) at Ropar. She has done good work as DFO (wildlife) and she has been in the news when the wildlife officials have made massive recoveries of live snakes and parts of slaughtered wild species from three locations in the Ropar district. Various articles were seized in this operation and a FIR was registered against the accused.
