Spring drive: Pindi plans to plant 1.8m saplings 

Green cover was necessary to overcome environmental degradation


APP January 02, 2017
The forester said an estimated 17 million seedlings, produced by the department itself, will be ready for plantation by December 2015. PHOTO: Stock Image

RAWALPINDI: About 1.8 million saplings will be planted in Rawalpindi as part of the spring tree plantation campaign for 2017. According to officials, authorities plan to launch a public campaign to engage civil society, students, and government departments to plant saplings across the city. They said a comprehensive plan for tree plantation has been evolved to expand forest cover in and around the city. According to officials green cover was necessary to overcome environmental degradation. Illegal logging and development on the outskirts of the garrison city have seen foliage shrink alarmingly.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2017.

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