News Patiala: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Engineer Amit Ratna has said that the Malwa belt of Punjab will be developed as a green belt during the next five years. Every small and big road from Mohali to Bathinda will be decorated with trees and plants. He was presenting ideas as the chief guest during the Forest Festival held at Maharaja Naridara Enclave, Patiala on the occasion of World Environment Day. As per the direction of the Forest Divisional Officer (Extension) Vidya Sagari, Forest Festival was organized on behalf of Forest Range (Extension) Patiala.
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Arriving in Patiala at the invitation of One Range (Extension) Patiala, Engineer Amit Ratna, MLA of Bathinda Dehati, said that in the interest of the environment, he would try to extend all possible cooperation to the staff of the Forest Department and Forest Department at Government level. Fifty ornamental plants were planted and distributed outside the houses and in the public park in the locality during the Forest Festival. Mata Veer Kaur, District Attorney Patiala Davidar Goyal, District Attorney Kapurthala Sarabjinder Singh, Member of Heritage Tree Search Committee of Forest Department and Historian Dr. Muhammad Idris, Vice President, Punjabi University Teachers Association Dr. Gurnam Virk, Director, Youth Welfare, Punjabi University Dr. Gagan Deep, Film Writer Upidar Vadach, Head, Department of Botany, Khalsa College, Patiala. Dr. Rajdeep Dhaliwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Modi College. Dr. Akshita, explorer of Hindi literature. Mandeep Kaur, Social Worker Advocate Musa Khan, Dalit Leader Dr. Jatidar Mattoo, Assistant District Attorney Naridarpal Singh Kaleka, One Range Officer (Extension) Patiala Suridar Sharma, Beat Officer Aman Arora, Beat Officer Hardeep Sharma, and other dignitaries were present.