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Horticulture Department

1. About Horticulture Department

2. Whom to contact

The Horticulture section of the Municipal Corporation is presently looked after by Commissioner alongwith One Corporation Engineer & One Land Scape officer. There are 119 Malies working under this Department.

The pollution increasing day by day due to the smoke produced by the factories, vehicles and from other sources. The main sources which purify the polluted air are declining due to urbanization and population explosion. The entire trees plantation within the city were disappeared and the surroundings area of Jalandhar i.e., open spaces around the city are replaced with concrete buildings. As a result of these developments, ecological balance balance has been destroyed leading to change in weather conditions. Keeping in view of this change, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar is taking up the tree plantation on large scale and greening programme in different parts of the city. Recently Approx 50,000 Plants were planted in various part of the City.

Park developed by MWS

There are 214 No. open spaces called park in the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar. Out of these 120 Parks are fully developed by planting trees/shrubs and providing other material required in the parks. The Municipal Corporation has also floated a scheme for the development of the park by the Mahualla Welfare Society (M.W.S.) In this scheme MCJ give 50% share of the Malies pay in the shape of grant to M.W.S. up to maximum Rs. 1000/- per Mali per park with the condition that remaining 50% share will be contributed by the M.W.S. The results are encouraging all the parks maintained by the M.W.S. are in good condition. All these parks are full of plantation and help in producing fresh environment. There are 95 Parks maintained by M.W.S. The remaining 98 Main parks including Nehru Garden and Burlton Park are maintained by the MCJ itself.

The Municipal Corporation Jalandhar has also floated another scheme to developed Green Belts by the Private agencies. In the scheme Municipal Corporation has given open space to the private agencies with the conditions that all the expenditure for the development of the open space and after ward maintenance will be borne by the private agency and in lieu of that agency is free to put up their advertisement board in the green belt with the writing Developed and maintained by (Name of Agency) as well as agency also write good and helping slogans like: "Make Jalandhar Clean and Green". No advertisement is taken by the Municipal Corporation from all the agencies. Since this scheme started by 18 private agencies come forward and developed 18 no. green belts with lush green lawn and planting trees, shrubs, creeper etc.

Comapny Bagh Developed by MCJ. Herbal plants of various types like Neem, Seeras, Baroda and Arjan are planted.

The Municipal Corporation has also given round about in the city to the private agencies to maintain them. It is proud for the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar that the rounds about of Jalandhar City are the best in the Punjab.

There are 27 number of fountains in Jalandhar.

Chowk developed by PKF

MCJ will developed Colony parks if the Mahualla Welfare Association comes forward to maintain the same by raising contribution.

Ambedkar Chowk :: A Developed by MCJ

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Whom to Contact:

Er. Kulvinder Singh	S.E ( B&R)	2220953(O) 2461247(H) 98151-43200(M)
Sh. Daljit Singh	LSO	96460-15158(M)

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