STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Minister for Information, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali on Monday planted various saplings in and around Trade and Food Supplies store here at Nagrota.
Officers of Food, Consumer Affairs and Civil Supplies, Forest and its allied wings also joined the drive and planted about 200 saplings in and around the premises of the store.
The senior functionaries present on the occasion were Secretary Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Shafiq Ahmed Raina, Chief Conservator of Forests Farooq Gellani, Director FCA&CA, Jammu R A Inqlabi, Conservator West Circle Qamar-ud-Din, Conservator Chenab Circle T B Singh besides other senior officers of Food, Consumer Affairs and Civil Supplies and Forests.
In his address, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali asked the officers of FCS&CAD to put in concerted efforts and mobilize the available resources for launching plantation drive in and around the offices and other establishments of the department. He asked them to take the help of Forest Department Officers in this regard and become the part of this great cause.
The minister informed that priority of the BJP-PDP Government is to achieve cent percent targets of plantation in monsoon especially on degraded and uncovered forest land. He also stressed the need for planting ornamental plants alongside the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway schools, colleges and government offices adding that the forest department is providing plant saplings free of cost.