Mann urges Punjab farmers to plant saplings in fields to increase green cover

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday urged the state’s farmers to plant at least four saplings in their fields to enhance Punjab’s green cover.

He made the appeal during a meeting to review a forestation drive, an official statement



said. Mann asserted that it was the need of the hour to enhance the state’s forest cover, it said.

The government has set a target of planting around 3 crore trees in the state for which a massive drive will be started in the coming days, said Mann.