3.4 million plants to be planted in Bahawalpur division during Monsoon: Commissioner.

BAHAWALPUR -- Commissioner Bahawalpur Division Raja Jahangir Anwar on Wednesday inaugurated the Monsoon Tree Plantation campaign in Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi Hospital (Civil Hospital Bahawalpur).

Regional Police Officer Bahawalpur Sadiq Ali Dogar, Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia, DG Parks and Horticulture Authority, Medical Superintendent of the hospital Prof. Dr Niaz Maqsood, and other officers concerned were also present on the occasion and planted trees.

Commissioner Bahawalpur Division said that 3.4 million plants would be planted in Bahawalpur Division during the monsoon planting campaign and special attention should be paid to the promotion of urban forestation.

He further said that 35 thousand plants in Bahawalpur, 45 thousand plants in Bahawalnagar city, and 55 thousand plants in Rahim Yar Khan city would be planted. Commissioner Jahangir said that Miyawaki forests would be established during the monsoon plantation campaign and it will promote urban forestation.

He added that plants were being planted in government offices, government land, and hospitals.

Anwar said that urban forestation would reduce the temperature...

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