PGPCL plants 15,000 mangroves

Total number of mangroves planted by PGPCL reaches 27,000

KARACHI: PGP Consortium Limited (PGPCL), a subsidiary of Pakistan GasPort Limited, on May 18 planted a record 15,000 mangroves, taking the total number of mangroves planted by PGPCL thus far to 27,000.

PGPCL operates Pakistan's second LNG storage and regasification terminal and has saved approximately $800 million to the national exchequer in the switchover for industries from furnace oil to regasified LNG.

As part of a longstanding corporate ethos of clean energy as a driving force for sustainable economic growth in Pakistan, PGPCL has set itself ambitious targets to increase the areas covered by mangrove forests.

Mangrove forests of the Indus delta cover approximately 600,000 hectares, with 64,400 hectares of this space under the management of the Port Qasim Authority.

In addition to serving as the habitat for a large numbers of wild fauna and flora, mangroves also protect coastal regions against natural phenomenon such as cyclones, wind storms, flooding and soil erosion.  

Published in The Express Tribune, June 11^th, 2019.