Afforestation drive kicks off in Torghar

0.1 million saplings will be distributed in Torghar district

TORGHAR:

Torghar District Forest Division kicked off a forestation drive and started the distribution of free plants among the locals.

Torghar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Fawad Khan, DFO Sardar Muhammad Saleem and Assistant Commissioner Tehsil Jadba Sahibzada Saleem distributed free plants.

Speaking on the occasion, Khan said that they would continue these activities throughout the district to make Clean and Green Pakistan a reality. He added that during the current plantation drive more than 0.1 million saplings will be distributed free of cost in the Torghar district.

Saleem said that the effects of climate change are increasing rapidly all over the world while the only solution is tree plantation and we have to plant more and more trees to make the environment cleaner.

He said that the forest department officials would also ensure the safety of the plants that have already been planted in the mountains and other places of the district so that these plants would not be harmed.

The locals should help the forest department and others on every level to fulfill their national duty by participating in tree planting, he said, adding that they had informed the people that those who wish to plant trees should contact the Forest Department of Torghar and especially the youth of Jadba should take part in this campaign so that Torghar district can be as green as other districts.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 15^th, 2022.