PHA plantation drive today in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) in Rawalpindi plans to organise a tree plantation drive on August 28 (today) as part of the government’s Plant for Pakistan Programme.

A PHA spokesperson said that the authority has finalised all the arrangements for the plantation drive, adding that as many as 5,000 saplings of different species will be planted along the Expressway near Fazaia Colony.

He said parliamentarians, students, representatives of the administration, volunteers and civil society members are expected to take part in the drive. He further informed that the campaign will continue until September.

Monsoon plantation campaign starts in Zhob

Moreover, he added that PHA was organising different programmes to sensitise citizens on the matter.

To encourage plantation and to turn the city into a green town, the authority had prepared a proper plan which was being implemented, the spokesperson said.

He further added that students, traders, social and political leaders and civil society members were being encouraged to participate in the campaign.

The PHA was providing plants free of charge to the citizens during the monsoon plantation campaign. Maximum saplings would be planted in different areas of the city, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 28^th, 2019.