Plantation Campaign

Commissioner says indigenous species like babool, neem, moringa and jamun to be planted in spring

Climate change is a complex problem, therefore, short-term as well as long-term merits must be weighed out beforehand.

Various dignitaries & celebrities will plant saplings in different areas of the provincial capital in the new campaign

More than 2,500 saplings will be planted at KU during the campaign, the VC said

Emphasis is on planting plants with deep roots on the banks of Murree Expressway to prevent land erosion

Pakistan highly vulnerable to climate change, says WWF-Pakistan officer

VC Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Dr Asif Ali and MPA Shaukat Hayat Bosan inaugurated the campaign

DCO says officials will give children a plant or sapling each which they will plant at home or school

Commissioner's orders: ‘Plant 10,000 saplings in each district’ 

Various departments have been assigned targets under the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2016

Govt is developing forests on 600 acres along the bank of River Ravi in Shahdara

Mehmood stressed the administration must take steps to protect forests and maintain the beauty of the trees

Forests department hopes to double the plantation next year

The commissioner directed officials to make sure that the plantation target was met