Trees spread over 100 acres of land in the forests of Kalash Valley s Barir have been burning for the past three days. According to the district commissioner of Chitral, immediately after the blaze broke out, people in nearby areas informed the authorities. Officials of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department, and Rescue 1122 teams have reached the site and are trying to douse the fire.
May 24, 2021
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department has proposed gigantic projects under “Green, Clean and Fruits for All” Program in budget 2021-22 to bolster afforestation, olives farming and beekeeping in the province.
Gulzar Rehman, Conservator South, Forest Department told APP on Sunday that Forest Department was going to another offshoot i.e. ‘Green, Sweet and Fruits for All’ under which olive and indigenous bees flora plants including berry and palosa would be planted in order to promote api-culture, horticulture and fruiti-culture industries.
He said about 70 million wild olives plants have been discovered in KP including 35 million in merged areas. Approximately,15 million discovered in South Waziristan, six million in Kurrum, four million in Orakzai, 3.450 million in Bajaur, 1.5 million each in North Waziristan, Kohat, 1.2 million in Mohmand, one million in Khyber, six lac each in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank, eight lac in ex FR Peshawar and two lac each in Bannu and