Following the 10 billion tree Tsunami program, the district administration has plan to establish urban forest around the city and comprehensive strategy is being devised for planting a number of trees and their nourishment. This was disclosed during a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Sardar Saifullah Dogar to discuss the modalities for the establishment of urban forest.

It was informed during the meeting that the 15 acre land at Niamuana on Samundri road, 12 acre land at Millat road and 5 acre land near Chak Jhumra had been selected for the forestation.

The Deputy Commissioner said that maximum trees were imperative at urban areas to combat the air pollution due to the industrial development and burden of traffic. He informed that cooperation of community would be sought to promote the forestation in the urban areas so that the wealth of trees would be increased to overcome the issue of climate change. The Deputy Commissioner maintained that the urban forest would be considered to use as recreational parks for which administrative and technical aspects would be reviewed.

He asked the DG PHA to prepare layout plan immediately for deliberating to the sponsoring agencies so that urban forest project could be implemented without delay.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019