NewZNew (Chandigarh) : The Punjab government has okayed a plan to upgrade the infrastructure at environment park Derabassi to preserve the flora and fauna in its natural habitat.

According to an official spokesperson as a part of this long term plan, services in the environment park would be improved and existing flora would be preserved by irrigation network. He said that as a part of this plan series of shallow tubewells would be installed in the environment parks to provide irrigation backup during summers and Punjab Government has floated e-tenders for boring and installation of shallow tube well at environment parks at Derabassi.

He said that bid for installation of shallow tubewells would be opened on 23^rd February at 3.30 P.M. The cost bid will be opened after evaluation of the technical bid.