Shehri Jan Abhiyaan: Awareness program on commercial floriculture held at R S Pura

JAMMU : As the part of ongoing Shehri Jan Abhiyaan launched under My Town My Pride (MTMP) -2.0 , Director General, Floriculture, Parks & Gardens, Jammu, S. Jatinder Singh today participated in training/awareness programme on commercial floriculture held for public and entrepreneurs by the department of Floriculture, Parks & Gardens Department Jammu at Municipal Committee, R.S.Pura.

A total number of 55 persons attended today’s training/awareness programme. Prominent among them were Sat Paul, President Municipal Committee R.S. Pura; Kishore Kumar, Vice President Municipal Committee R.S. Pura; Daya Ram, Councilor Ward No 13; Rakesh Gupta, Councilor Ward No 02; Raj Kumar, Councilor Ward No 6; Ravi Saini EO, Municipal Committee R. S Pura & Showkat Ali Assistant Floriculture Officer Jammu.

The Municipal Committee R. S Pura had made elaborate arrangements in GHSS (Boys) R. S Pura where stalls of different departments including Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, Urban Local Bodies, Health, Revenue, Forest, ICPS and Education were installed.

Speaking on the occasion, the Director General laid emphasis on adopting different commercial floriculture schemes in the towns and developing Vertical Gardens, Terrace Gardens, Home Lawns (Har Ghar Bagicha) for increasing the green cover of the area & maintaining ecological balance. A detailed discussion was also held with the Principal of the School, Ajay Sharma and all the staff members of GHSS (Boys) R.S. Pura on the benefits of conducting Shehri Jan Abhiyan for the welfare of the public in the ULBs.

The Director General also inspected the stalls put up by different departments at the venue depicting various schemes and programmes implemented in the District and reviewed the progress of online services being provided by the Govt. under different schemes.