Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, on Sunday undertook a comprehensive inspection of plantation works being carried out by the forest department, engineering department and municipal corporation at various locations across the Union Territory. Kataria, who had set the momentum for the city's green initiative on July 5, 2025 by planting saplings at 23 locations across Chandigarh, during which 1,17,836 saplings were planted in a single day, once again led by example by personally reviewing the progress and quality of plantation works at nine different sites. The inspection commenced at Rajendra Park, where Van Mahotsava-2025 was formally launched on July 5, and continued up to the plantation sites at Kansal within the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. During the visit, the administrator expressed satisfaction over the maintenance and survival rate of plantations, which ranged between 80% and 95%. Kataria also inspected plantation work undertaken by the engineering department at the high court entry point and along Jan Marg, where over 30,000 saplings have been planted. Thereafter, he visited the high-density Miyawaki plantation site developed by the municipal corporation at Rose Nursery, Sector 23, as well as the plantation site at Fragrance Garden, Sector 36. While inspecting the plantation along Kaimbwala Road behind the Rock Garden, the administrator appreciated the efforts of the forest department in the successful eco-restoration of a sewage-affected forest area. He further visited the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary to review eco-restoration works....