Experts support PDA urban afforestation plan
July 26, 2021
PESHAWAR: An expert panel has met the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) Director-General Ammara Khan about the urban afforestation plan in Peshawar.
The KP government has expressed the resolve to mitigate the effects of climate change with urban plantation of millions of shady trees during the monsoon season and the PDA has already initiated many green projects in Peshawar.
The experts argued that axing hundreds of historic trees along the Bus Rapid Transit route has contributed to the increased heatwave.
They said the concrete and steel infrastructures mega projects invariably contribute to the “heat island effect” in urban areas.