Plantation drive continues
Commissioner Javed Akhtar Mahmood said tree plantation campaign was continued under the Prime Minister’s initiative of Clean and Green Pakistan programme.
Planting a tree at Qasim Fort Park on Saturday, Javed Akhtar Mahmood said the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) would continue tree plantation campaign in order to make clean and Green Pakistan project successful.
He said all possible resources were being utilised to plant maximum trees in order to prevent environmental pollution. Giving briefing on the occasion, PHA Director General Syed Shafqat Raza said that plantation of 50 big shady trees has been completed at Qasim Fort Park.
He said that efforts were being made to make parks and green belts of the city more green. PHA Chairperson Ejaz Hussain Janjua said the authority would continue plantation in the city.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 21st, 2021.