ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planted more than 150,000 saplings in the ongoing tree plantation campaign in Islamabad and surrounding areas.
According to sources, the campaign is being conducted with the help of residents over the past two weeks.
The Chairman of CDA, Noor Ul Amin Mengal, has set a target of planting around 500,000 saplings during the spring season.
Furthermore, the plantation drive has already begun at the F-9 Park, and the Authority is involving children to make the campaign a success.
CDA has distributed free-of-cost fruit trees such as peaches, apricots, pomegranates, and other saplings that are compatible with the local climate and environment.
Last year, the Environment Wing of the CDA planted 250,000 plants, and this year the target has been doubled.
Moreover, the CDA has decided to increase the city’s green cover by planting saplings on billions of rupees of land it recovered from illegal occupants under the anti-encroachment drive.
The Authority will also carry out a comprehensive drive aimed at preventing the re-encroachment of retrieved land and increasing green spaces across the capital.
According to an official of the civic body, Islamabad is the only city in the world developed on the concept of a green city, and the CDA is taking concrete measures for the conservation of its green character.
