ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Sunday announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to kick-start the spring tree plantation campaign-2022 on February 22, which is also marked annually as Plant4Pakistan Day.
“An overarching strategy for launching nation-wide spring tree plantation campaign has been formulated in consultation with all provincial forest departments,” the PM’s aide elaborated in a statement issued today.
“We have set a whopping target of planting over 540 million plants all over the country during the spring season spread over February to April under PM Imran Khan’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP)”, he added.
Sharing details, Malik Amin said that 7,50,000 scout members of the Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) would join the plantation campaign. The plantation drive would also witness members of all governmental and non-governmental civil society organisations including educational institutions, political leaders, National Assembly and Senate members, he added.
Spelling out provincial statistical break-up data regarding spring tree plantation campaign, the PM’s aide said 194 million plants would be planted in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, followed by 74 million in Punjab, 140 million in Sindh, 13.50 million in Balochistan, 98. 76 million in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 20. 64 million plants in Gilgit-Baltistan.
As a part of the country-wide Spring Tree Plantation Campaign, as many as 674 events have been planned, which would be held on the Plant4Pakistan Day on February 22. The events would be arranged and organized by the provinces with active participation of people from all walks of life including 7,50,000 scouts, Malik Amin added.
He said that around a single-day target of planting 3.943 million saplings has been set on the Plant4Pakistan Day while the 12.239 million tree plants would be made available at various plantation sites all over the country for general public.
The SAPM emphasized that Three-month (Feb-April) season provides an unprecedented opportunity to plant as many trees as possible all over the country for dealing with various environmental problems.
“Planting a tree in spring gives the tree an early start in the growing season. It can then spend the summer and autumn settling in and building a root system before the cold weather arrives,” he highlighted.
