Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak here Tuesday planted a Chinar plant in the lawn of Chief Minister House to formally mark tree plantation campaign in the province. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Environment, Ishtiaq Urmar, Secretary Environment and others attended the ceremony. Chief Minister registered his remarks at the occasion, adding that the provincial government was going all out to get the target of Billion Tree plantation target in the province.
Towards the end of August 2016, a total of 222.2 million plants and saplings have been planted.13700 units of private nurseries have been established and towards the end of this year 127,500 acres of land would be brought under plantation while seeds on 23,000 acres of land would be sown, he added.
He said the Billion Tree Tsunami was a success story in the province which would enhance the forest growing areas from present 1.5 million acres of land to 6.6 million acres of land that would show a sharp increase in the overall forest covered area in the province.