LAHORE: The forest department Punjab has started working on dew planting in desert and water-scarce areas. A statement issued here on Tuesday, Chief Conservator Saqib Mahmood said
an alternative solution of irrigated planting had become inevitable. He said a briefing on methods of growing plants from dew was being prepared, adding thatno such experiments had been conducted in Pakistan to grow plants from dew. He said the forest department would be the first one to adopt this method and it would enable extensive plantation in water-scarce areas and deserts as well.