121,000 trees planted by seven district administrations of Karachi: Naqvi

The district administrations of all seven districts of Karachi have planted 121,000 trees in different areas of the city.

Commissioner Karachi Syed Hasan Naqvi chaired a meeting on Monday in which he was told that the district administrations of all seven districts had planted over 121,000 trees under the supervision of the assistant commissioners.

He praised the cooperation of government, private, and non-government organizations in this tree plantation campaign. He said the planting of 121,000 trees was encouraging and anticipated to increase. He vowed that efforts to address the city’s tree shortage would continue.

Naqvi emphasised that the government is taking effective measures to combat climate change in the city and that this campaign will bolster these efforts. Following the meeting, he presented commendation certificates to five outstanding assistant commissioners who demonstrated exceptional performance in making the tree plantation campaign successful.

The recipients are Assistant Commissioner Junaid Alam, Assistant Commissioner Ahmed Murtaza, Assistant Commissioner Dr Saira Khan, Assistant Commissioner Nida Saman, and Assistant Commissioner Imranul Haque.