Jammu and Kashmir Forest, Ecology and Environment minister Mian Altaf Ahmad today asked officers of his departments to ensure protection of the state's ecology including forests, water-bodies and wildlife.
"There is an urgent need for making collective efforts for protection of state's rich ecology including forests, water-bodies and wildlife," he said.
During his two-day tour of Bani and Basohli areas, Ahmad directed the officers to plant saplings on vast chunk of the forest land.
The minister also took stock of activities of the Forest Department at a series of review meetings, officals said.
