{"id":65628,"date":"2025-02-16T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=65628"},"modified":"2025-02-16T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T11:50:10","slug":"punjab-cm-maryam-to-convert-978-acres-of-land-into-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-cm-maryam-to-convert-978-acres-of-land-into-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM Maryam to convert 978 acres of land into forests"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz<\/a> is <\/span>making<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>giant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>leap<\/span>\u00a0towards\u00a0<\/span>fighting<\/span>\u00a0smog and air pollution by\u00a0<\/span>transforming<\/span>\u00a0hundreds of acres of land into forests, which will\u00a0<\/span>serve<\/span>\u00a0as natural air\u00a0<\/span>purifiers<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has\u00a0<\/span>initiated<\/span>\u00a0a campaign to\u00a0<\/span>cultivate<\/span>\u00a0a natural forest<\/a> on 978 acres in Lahore<\/span> to make<\/span>\u00a0the city an oxygen hub. <\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>of the province\u00a0<\/span>has already\u00a0<\/span>begun<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>develop<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>natural air filter forests on the banks of the Ravi River, and 105,000 trees have been planted on 144 acres\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>provision of\u00a0<\/span>oxygen\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0the people of Lahore.<\/span><\/p>\n

More plantations are\u00a0<\/span>being carried out<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>attempt<\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>being made\u00a0<\/span>to plant 634,000 trees to give a fresh breath <\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>Lahore.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This is a\u00a0<\/span>war against smog,\u00a0<\/span>a historic one,\u00a0<\/span>and the mission is to make Lahore\u00a0<\/span>clean and\u00a0<\/span>green and free from environmental pollution<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Senior<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Minister<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Marriyum<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Aurangzeb said. <\/span><\/p>\n

There\u00a0<\/span>will be\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>green wall\u00a0<\/span>on 978 acres, and the provincial government will further\u00a0<\/span>increase<\/span>\u00a0the scope of\u00a0<\/span>planting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>trees<\/span>\u00a0in Lahore and\u00a0<\/span>other areas<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>plan<\/span>\u00a0is to\u00a0<\/span>develop<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>large<\/span>\u00a0green belt on the\u00a0<\/span>Ravi River<\/span>\u00a0banks<\/span>, which will\u00a0<\/span>provide<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>clean air\u00a0<\/span>supply\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>bring<\/span>\u00a0new life to the city. Aurangzeb has\u00a0<\/span>praised<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>effort<\/span>\u00a0by the Forest Department and\u00a0<\/span>Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) and has\u00a0<\/span>appealed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>help<\/span>\u00a0the government’s\u00a0<\/span>vision<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>come true\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>joining<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the tree plantation\u00a0<\/span>drive<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Punjab government’s\u00a0<\/span>initiatives<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>fight<\/span> smog and air pollution.<\/span> The Chief Minister has also initiated other plans, including <\/span>employing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cutting-edge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>satellite technology to\u00a0<\/span>guard<\/span>\u00a0forests and\u00a0<\/span>curb<\/span> illegal logging.<\/span><\/p>\n

The government has also\u00a0<\/span>initiated<\/span>\u00a0a GIS Lab\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tracking<\/span>\u00a0forest\u00a0<\/span>regions<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>established<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a target\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enhancing<\/span> the tree cover in the province.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further<\/span>, the government has\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>introduced\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>plan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>conserving<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>restoring<\/span>\u00a0terrestrial ecosystems, which includes\u00a0<\/span>growing<\/span>\u00a0the forest\u00a0<\/span>cover<\/span>\u00a0as a\u00a0<\/span>percentage<\/span>\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span>overall<\/span> land area.<\/span><\/p>\n

In total<\/span>, the Punjab government is\u00a0<\/span>adopting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>all-encompassing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>policy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>towards<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>solving<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>problem<\/span>\u00a0of smog and air pollution, and the\u00a0<\/span>campaign<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>planting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>trees\u00a0<\/span>is a\u00a0<\/span>very<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>measure\u00a0<\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span>solving<\/span>\u00a0this\u00a0<\/span>objective<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is making\u00a0a\u00a0giant\u00a0leap\u00a0towards\u00a0fighting\u00a0smog and air pollution by\u00a0transforming\u00a0hundreds of acres of land into forests, which will\u00a0serve\u00a0as natural air\u00a0purifiers. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has\u00a0initiated\u00a0a campaign to\u00a0cultivate\u00a0a natural forest on 978 acres in Lahore to make\u00a0the city an oxygen hub. The\u00a0government\u00a0of the province\u00a0has already\u00a0begun\u00a0to\u00a0develop\u00a0such\u00a0natural air filter forests on the banks of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":65629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26572,23554,26571],"class_list":["post-65628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-green-forest","tag-punjab-cm-maryam-nawaz","tag-ravi-urban-development-authority-ruda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65630,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65628\/revisions\/65630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}