Indore (Madhya Pradesh) : In order to improve the city's climate, Indore, the cleanest city in the country, is focusing on the Air Quality Index and for that it has come up with a Tree Ambulance Service. Newly appointed Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava has decided to start the service under the Indore Municipal Corporation's Horticulture Department in an effort to save sick trees. Tree ambulance will have sprinklers, water arrangements, medicines & other instruments to maintain greenery in Indore.
On receiving a complaint from anyone in the city that the trees are being destroyed, an ambulance will arrive to save it. The ambulance will have two horticultural specialist doctors along with a horticultural assistant to save the trees and plants. Apart from this, the services will be provided by specialists who have knowledge about all the related plants and trees.
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Medicines, insecticides, different types of fertilizers, sprays for plants and all other resources will be provided inside the ambulance. According to Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, "A toll-free number will soon be released so that people can help in the attempt to safeguard the environment. People can also call the control room of the Municipal Corporation or Udyan branch to avail the ambulance services."
He added, "there are plans to develop 100 parks in the city this year. Therefore, not only good quality trees will be planted in all the marked gardens but with Municipal Corporation's Garden Branch, immediate arrangements for the treatment of plants will also be made available." This will save plants from either drying up or getting damaged due to any disease.
