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Michelle Rowland recently caught up with various community groups to be briefed about their activities. She met up with BAPS Swami
Narayan - Rosehill, Hindu Benevolent Fund and Karma Kitchen, Turbans 4 Australia and Shakti temple.

Dr. Jaswinder Singh Bilga: A

Promising Floriculturist in India

He remained in Ludhiana till Corporation at Amritsar, then he
2003 on this job and worked for joined as Advisor Landscaping
12 hours each day to plant Horticulture in Punjab Urban
186,000 tree on the govt. land Development Authority
along the roads, parks and Government of Punjab. In 2011
other places in the city. At the he joined in the Indian Institute
end of his job in 3 years, the of Science Education and
Ludhiana city came down to Research Mohali (Government
number 22 in India from number of India) till 2015. Thereafter,
2, with regard to the air he joined the Central University
pollution position of various of Punjab at Bathinda
cities in India. (Government of India) and
Later he was transferred to
worked as Consultant
Amritsar as XEN Horticulture
and asked to work for two days Horticulture from May 2015 to
each week in Jalandhar city too. October 2017. Then on October
During this period, he planted 13th 2017 he joined the Guru
the maximum tree there also. Nanak Dev University Amritsar
Now these three cities and continuing his job of
(Jalandhar, Ludhiana and greening and beautifying the
Amritsar) are out of the list of campus and the surroundings.
the most polluted 500 cities in He was also involved in the
the world. During this period, Landscaping work around the
he did his Ph.D. Horticulture Golden Temple Amritsar, known
from GNDU Amritsar. He has as GalyaraJojna. He is planning
visited many other countries in to approach to the Govt. of the
the world to understand the Punjab with the plan, to beautify
landscaping principles, designs
the roads and parks with the
and practices. He also helped
By: Gurmail S Sangha in 1976 from the Punjab on this job till 1999. Thereafter, to establish a Mini Zoo in the flowering shrubs and trees.
At present Dr. Jaswinder Agricultural University Ludhiana he was promoted to the post of Ram Bag at Amritsar and Now he is involved in planning
Singh Bilga is a Consultant (PAU). After that, he did his job XEN Horticulture and worked in brought many animals and to plant the trees along the
Horticulture at the Guru Nanak for about 3 years at PAU before the Corporation at Ludhiana city. birds, from the other states of national highways in India and
Dev University, Amritsar. He did moving to Amritsar as a At this time, the Ludhiana city India for this Zoo. After his estimating to reduce the
B.Sc. agri. in 1974, M.Sc. Landscaping Officer in the was at the number 2, on the list retirement on 31st March 2010 pollution 30 - 40 per cent in the
(Landscaping and Floriculture) Corporation; there he worked of most polluted cities in India. from the regular job in the country.