:dateline:To make the territory of Punjab clean, green and pollution free, the Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh today announced to undertake an extensive drive of planting 550 trees in every village of Punjab by September 30, 2019 in commemoration of 550th birthday celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. �
Appealing the common masses to join this mega drive beside the local authorities, Captain said that 6.6 million saplings (young trees) of seasonal trees would be planted in all the 12700 villages, which would be provided free of cost.
Captain Amarinder Singh further said that the Departments of Forests and Rural Development & Panchayats, as the nodal departments, have been assigned the task of supplying 550 saplings to the each of the villages under this year-long drive, beginning from September 30.� �Both these departments have also been directed to oversee the arrangements and effective implementation of this environment friendly program�, he added.
