Denuded Embassy Road: Tree cutting banned in capital
Government will not allow any kind of tree cutting in the future, warns Climate change minister
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ISLAMABAD:
The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Amin Aslam on Tuesday announced a complete ban on felling trees in the federal capital to protect the environment of the city. Talking to media during his visit to a tree plantation site along Embassy Road, he lamented that more than 197 trees were chopped down by the previous government only along the Embassy Road for a road extension project. However, he said that the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will not allow any kind of tree cutting in the future and imposed the ban.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2018.
The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Amin Aslam on Tuesday announced a complete ban on felling trees in the federal capital to protect the environment of the city. Talking to media during his visit to a tree plantation site along Embassy Road, he lamented that more than 197 trees were chopped down by the previous government only along the Embassy Road for a road extension project. However, he said that the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will not allow any kind of tree cutting in the future and imposed the ban.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2018.