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Ludhiana to Bloom: 12 Lakh Saplings Planned
22 Jul
Summary
- Ludhiana aims to plant 1.2 million saplings this monsoon season.
- Micro-forests planned for judicial complexes and hospitals.
- Sapling survival rate reached 90% in 2025 and 82% previously.
Ludhiana is set to receive a substantial green boost this monsoon season, with the divisional forest department targeting the plantation of approximately 1.2 million saplings. The department is distributing 700,000 saplings to NGOs and public sector offices, while planting the remaining 500,000 on its own.
Beyond general plantation, the department is focusing on creating micro-forests within judicial complexes and hospitals, identifying six judicial complexes and ten healthcare facilities for this purpose. This initiative aims to combat the city's industrial pollution and urban heat-island effect.
Past plantation drives have shown promising results, with a 90% sapling survival rate recorded for 2025, and 82% for both 2024 and 2023. This success is attributed to measures like geo-tagging plants for record-keeping and third-party monitoring.
