KARACHI:Spokesperson to the Government of Sindh and Advisor for Law, Environment and Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab, inaugurated the tree plantation drive at YMCA ground in collaboration with the Bohra community and planted trees in the ground.
Speaking to media persons on the occasion, Wahab said that the Sindh government was re-vamping the YMCA ground for which its wall had been constructed. In addition, the Sindh government has provided funds to make the ground beautiful and funds had also been allocated.
He said that walking and jogging track had also been constructed in YMCA ground and now hockey field was also being constructed in it. He further said that the second major decision of the Sindh government was to carry out large scale plantation in this field for which plants had been planted in collaboration with the Bohri community. “Now there is a lot of greenery for which beautiful plants have been selected and now shady plants have also been planted.” “Global warming and environmental pollution is a major challenge for us to tackle, Sindh government is running a tree planting campaign across the province to secure our future” he said.
He added that such tree planting had been started in different cities of the province for which Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had also started a campaign to plant one lakh trees. Sindh government had planted more than one lakh saplings in Kidney Hill and an urban forest consisting of 15,000 saplings had been started in District Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony and at the same time an urban forest had been started on the beach. I’m starting this too. He said that KMC and DMCs were working in the best possible way.
KMC planted trees in one place but unfortunately they were uprooted over the weekend. He appealed to the citizens that they have to prove that they were responsible citizens and they must take care of plants like our children.
Wahab, while answering the questions of the journalists, said that the reason for becoming a PDM was the restoration of democracy. Bilawal Bhutto’s vision was successful. Now resignation was not the solution to remove the government because time had proved that PPP thinking is parliamentary and democratic.
He said that some responsibility also falls on the Prime Minister as the people of the country have been devastated by inflation for which the Prime Minister has to look at his policies because along with the team, the captain also had a heavy responsibility. “Sindh government was trying to beautify the city. In the past, the trees cut down in Clifton were cornocarpus. With regard to sugar prices, the federal government had to go beyond the announcements which have now gone up from Rs. 55 to Rs. 115 per kg” he concluded.