Railways undertake plantation drive to give green look to vertical garden

Ludhiana: Taking a step in the direction of rejuvenating the fresh look of the vertical garden set up on different walls of platform number 1 at the city railway station, the authorities concerned have started a plantation drive under which railway officials are removing the dead plants from the waste plastic bottles and planting new varieties in them.Due to irregular maintenance work of the vertical garden in the past four months after the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the vertical garden had started losing its freshness because several different varieties planted in the plastic waste bottles had shrivelled up and foul smell had started emanating from these, which made the railway officials get these removed and plant new ones. They have brought hundreds of new varieties of plants and started the process of planting these in the waste plastic bottles to give a better look and upgrade the basic cleanliness standard of the city railway station.The development project of installing the vertical garden on station walls had got a lot of appreciation from different section of society as several government departments had given support to the railways in the green initiative.Giving information on this, Ludhiana station director Tarun Kumar said, “Following the poor upkeep of the vertical garden, the railways have started the crucial plantation drive to given it a better look and rejuvenate it. Under this development project, there is a plan to plant more than 100 plants of different varieties and to keep a check on plastic waste. The railways begun this drive from August 3 and it will go on till August 15”He further said that, “This time the railway authorities are committed to maintaining the freshness of the vertical garden and take every possible step to avoid any further damage to the plants, which have played an important role in the beautification of the city railway station.” “It has appointed a team of cleanliness department which will take care of the plantation drive and further upkeep of the green walls at the railway station,” he added.