Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Punjab Develops Forest & Nature Awareness Parks
The Punjab Government is creating eight Forest & Nature Awareness Parks to increase green cover in the state.
These parks are being built in Pathankot, Patiala, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur.
The Forest and Wildlife Preservation Department is working quickly to finish these projects.
They are also making a new law called 'The Punjab Protection of Trees Act, 2025' to help keep the environment clean and green.
This law will apply to all cities in Punjab and will have special officers to take care of the trees.
Punjab Government is developing eight Forest & Nature Awareness Parks under the Greening Punjab Mission.
Parks are being built in Pathankot (4), Patiala (2), Amritsar (1), and Hoshiarpur (1).
The Forest and Wildlife Preservation Department is working on these projects with urgency.
Specific locations include Village Gharota, Kataruchak, Haibat Pindi, and ITI Bamiyal in Pathankot.
The government is drafting 'The Punjab Protection of Trees Act, 2025' to maintain green cover and ecological balance.
- Who
- Punjab Government and Forest and Wildlife Preservation Department
- What
- Development of Forest & Nature Awareness Parks and drafting of 'The Punjab Protection of Trees Act, 2025'
- When
- Ongoing
- Where
- Pathankot, Patiala, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur
- Why
- To increase forest cover and protect the environment for future generations
- Number of Parks
- 8
- Locations
- Pathankot, Patiala, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur
- Minister
- Lal Chand Kataruchak
- Mission
- Greening Punjab Mission
- Act
- The Punjab Protection of Trees Act, 2025
- Scope
- All urban areas of Punjab
- Tree Officer
- Executive Officer in urban local bodies