RAHIM YAR KHAN: : The district administration has set a target of 1.5 million trees plantation in the district
during the monsoon tree plantation drive and the target would be achieved by December 2021.
This was told in a meeting held to review monsoon tree plantation campaign here on Tuesday,
which was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Dr Khurram Shehzad.
The DC said that 20 Miawaki forests would be established in four tehsils of the district,
for which, assistant commissioners have been advised to identify five places in urban areas
of their respective tehsils and send a report to the forest department in this regard.
Additional deputy commissioner revenue Dr Sidra Saleem, assistant commissioners-
Uzman Chaudhry, Muhammad Yousaf Chheena, Kaleem Yousaf, Sarmad Ali Bhagat,
officers from education, health, forest, environment, police, rangers, auqaf, social welfare,
sports, local government, highways, buildings, and other departments attended the meeting.