Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal kick-started Chinar plantation drive here Sunday. On the occasion, SSP Ganderbal, Khalil Poswal; District Floriculture Officer; Deputy Chief Education Office and other officials of Floriculture Department were present. While planting a Chinar sapling at Qamaria park, the DC said Chinar was an identity of Kashmir and needs to be preserved. He said 1,000 Chinar saplings will be planted across the district during this season to increase green cover of the district. He asked administration of schools to ensure plantation of Chinar saplings in the campuses.
