The message of replenishing the green cover in Jammu region is significant for rejuvenating the ecosystem which has been devastated in the last several decades as the governments ruling the erstwhile state of J&K were preoccupied in other difficult issues including separatism, terrorism, crime, etc. It is the BJP government led by PM Narendra Modi that took revolutionary steps and brought drastic changes on ground by crushing insurgency in a big way and tightening the noose around the separatists besides teaching a lesson of life to Pakistan through surgical strikes and Balakot air attack. With the situation becoming conducive, the government in Jammu and Kashmir has now started working on other issues and problems which paralyzed the region and have led to manifold increase in difficulties which the people have to face on a day to day basis. It was known to the world that J&K was the place which enjoyed God’s special bounties especially with regard to natural beauty and that was the reason that Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan wrote the famous couplet, ‘Gar Firdous Baroye Zameen Ast, Hami Asto, Hami Asto, Hami Asto,’ meaning ‘If there is paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here.’ Though there are different versions over the writer of this couplet, the gist of this couplet is beyond any doubt non-controversial with one and all endorsing the beauty of J&K with same pitch and frequency making it unquestionable. What is inspiring in today’s context is that finally the J&K Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta has asked the Forest Department to replenish the denuded forest cover, increase plantation outside forest areas and repair the neglected 3,700 traditional village ponds. This exercise if completed with utter seriousness will help in rejuvenating the ecosystem which has been wrecked badly by insanely cutting the trees for greed and destroying the natural catchment areas of the ponds which were habitats of hundreds of creatures including microscopic, smaller ones and even big ones in some cases. Rejuvenating the ecosystem is a noble cause and the government should ensure that the order and directions issued in this regard should be implemented in letter and spirit to make Jammu part of paradise once again as tourism is mainstay of the region and by destroying natural beauty, the place has lost its clientage in a big way besides facing hardships due to environmental degradation.