Prime Minister Imran Khan plants a sapling to inaugurate the spring tree plantation drive in Islamabad on Wednesday. White Star
ISLAMABAD: City managers have decided to set up 21 Miyawaki Forests in the capital as Prime Minister Imran Khan kicked off the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 by planting a sapling at Lotus Park in Shakarparian on Wednesday.
The drive is part of the 10 billion tree tsunami project.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Malik Amin Aslam, Senator Faisal Javed Khan and Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed were also present on the occasion.
Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 in Islamabad on February 17, 2021. Courtesy PMO Twitter
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday stressed the need for planting trees and vowed that his government would make a green Pakistan by planting 10 billion trees.
The premier was speaking at the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 that he kicked off in Islamabad earlier today.
He regretted that over the past decades, cities like Lahore and Peshawar that were once known as garden cities had turned into concrete, cement jungles because of merciless deforestation.
He shone a light on the impact of deforestation in the country, saying that not only does cutting down trees lead to an increase in pollution but that it had harmful effects especially for children and the elderly.
PM inaugurates Islamabad s first ever Miyawaki forest
Inauguration also marks the beginning of the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 inauguration. PHOTO: TWITTER/@PakPMO
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan kicked off the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 and inaugurated Islamabad s first ever Miyawaki forest on Wednesday.
The premier launched the campaign in the capital as part of the federal government s commitment to fight climate change.
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI inaugurated Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2021 and the first ever #Miyawaki Forest in Islamabad earlier today. pic.twitter.com/0k25hd4XhN Prime Minister s Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) February 17, 2021
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