Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Ludhiana Completes Punjab's First Tree Census, Maps 2 Lakh Trees
A tree census is a big count of all the trees in a city.
The city of Ludhiana in Punjab, India, just counted its trees for the very first time.
Workers found and counted about 200,000 trees.
Every tree was mapped and tagged on a computer, like placing a pin on a map.
All the information was saved in a digital database.
Ludhiana is the first city in Punjab to do this.
The count was ordered by the Punjab government's forests department in 2024.
The policy said cities must make a digital tree list within one year.
The city did this because Ludhiana has bad air pollution and very few trees.
Now the city can use the list to take better care of its trees.
Ludhiana has completed the first-ever tree census for a Punjab city, mapping and geo-tagging 2 lakh trees.
The trees were entered into a digital database across several parameters.
The census was conducted under the Tree Preservation Policy for Non-Forest Government and Public Lands 2024, notified by Punjab's Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation.
Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ojasvi Alankar said the 2024 policy directed that a digital tree database be prepared within one year.
The census company was selected through open tendering at Rs 29 per tree, as the city faces severe air pollution, over-concretisation and minimal tree cover.
- Who
- Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, led by Commissioner Ojasvi Alankar, with a private company chosen through open tendering.
- What
- The first-ever tree census for a Punjab city, mapping, geo-tagging and digitally recording 2 lakh trees across several parameters.
- When
- Exact completion date not stated in the articles; conducted under Punjab's 2024 Tree Preservation Policy, which required the digital database within one year.
- Where
- Ludhiana, a city in Punjab, India.
- Why
- To comply with the 2024 Punjab policy and address the city's severe air pollution, over-concretisation and minimal tree cover.
- City
- Ludhiana, Punjab
- Trees mapped
- 2 lakh (200,000)
- Census type
- First-ever tree census for a Punjab city
- Policy basis
- Tree Preservation Policy for Non-Forest Government and Public Lands 2024
- Policy issuer
- Punjab Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation
- Cost per tree
- Rs 29
- Selection method
- Open tendering, lowest financial bid
- Official quoted
- Ojasvi Alankar, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana