Billion Tree project marred by KPK govt's negligence
More than 100,000 tree-saplings were planted in Regi Lalma seven months ago.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s ‘Billion Tree Tsunami’ project has been marred by the local authorities’ negligence as thousands of tree-saplings planted in Peshawar’s Regi Lalma have disappeared few months after their plantation.
More than 100,000 tree-saplings were planted in Regi Lalma seven months ago.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in the hope that the plantation drive will mitigate climate change, has given its farmers free tree-saplings to plant across the province -- the 150-million-dollar scheme would plant billion trees in the hilly province over the next three years.
The project kicked off in June 2015 and so far millions of saplings have been raised in largely private nurseries across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to be planted across the province.
As Dunya News showed footage of barren land in Regi Lalma, Adviser to the Chief Minister for Environment, Forests and Wildlife, Ishtiaq Urmar ordered strict action against the negligent persons.
He said the matter is being investigated, and it is the local government’s responsibility to take care of these plants.
