100 kitchen gardening applicants finalised

Islamabad : Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has finalised 100 applicants for providing technical assistance in setting up their own kitchen garden.

The ICT agriculture department had invited applications through ‘Durust Daam’ App and selected the applicants on first come first serve basis, Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad, Hamza Shafqaat told this agency on Friday.

Under the project, he said, the local administration staff would provide all the necessary equipment including pots, seeds and other material without any cost to grow vegetables on roof top or an open available space at their home having minimum size 10x10 square feet.

The proficiency of Pakistan Agriculture and Research Council has also been sought to train the house owners to monitor their gardens in better way, he said.

The initiative would not only help the garden owners to save their money but would also ensure the provision of organic vegetables for them, DC remarked.

He said, after setting up the garden, the administration teams would look after it for the period of three month and after that owners can manage it on their own or allow the administration staff to carry out look after responsibility.

The residents could start the practice as a small business, he said, adding, the input of Rs25,000 can yield a profit of Rs100,000 in just four month.

Through urban forestry the environment of the city would also be improved besides reducing the effects of global warming and increase green cover, Shafqaat noted.