69 fruit parks to be set up in FDA City Housing Scheme.

FAISALABAD -- Under the Clean and Green Programme of Prime Minister Imran Khan, as many 69 fruit parks will be established at FDA City Housing Scheme on more than one thousand kanals of land while a target has been fixed to plant more than one lakh plants at the available sites of this housing scheme.

The tree plantation campaign was inaugurated here on Saturday at FDA City Housing Scheme arranged by Faisalabad Development Authority.

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali, CPO Suhail Ch, Director General FDA Suhail Khawaja, parliamentarians Shakil Shahid, Fardous Rai and others, ADG FDA Aamir Aziz, Vice Chairman WASA Sh. Shahid Javed, members Board of Governers FDA Javed Sharif, Eng. Yasir Noor, Nasir Gujjar and officers of FDA and WASA planted saplings of citrus fruit.

On this occasion more than one thousand plants of citrus fruit were planted at 25-kanal land of a park.

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali appreciated the unique idea of DG FDA regarding establishment of fruit parks at big housing colonies and said that this step would be helpful for transforming the environment into lush green besides would provide different kinds of fruit.

He lauded the efforts of FDA for arranging vast tree plantation which was remarkable step to achieving the targets of clean and green Pakistan program.

He said that clean and green program was aimed to protect and care for environment by engaging the community in leading an environmentally conscious lifestyle.

He said that the PM's clean and green Pakistan Index, rank 19 cities in Punjab and KPK on their cleanliness and green character and this ranking would invoke competition among cities for improving their infrastructure and environmental sustainability.

He emphasised on engaging the community specially students and NGOs with the tree plantation campaign and said effective awareness campaign be continued to sensitize the public for planting tree at their surroundings to fight against the pollution.

He informed that the district administration was following multi-dimensional measures to make the clean and green program index a success and said that urban forests were also being established at the different sites of the city areas to give the pleasant look of environment.

He revealed that more than 300 acre land had been identified for growing the urban forests besides planting...