Mayor Anisul urges city dwellers to plant trees

Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Anisul Haq urged city dwellers to plant more trees at their respective compounds and open spaces to keep the city clean, healthy and green.

“There is no alternative to plant trees to make Dhaka green. Trees give us Oxygen and absorbe Carbon- Di- oxide from the environment. For that reason, we should plant more trees,” said the Mayor.

He made the comment on Wednesday while speaking at the occasion of “Green Dhaka Campaign” as chief guest at BAF Shaheen College in the capital.

“Last year, we did a poll on the city’s children. As per the poll, 25 per cent of the children were affected by toxic environment. If we have sufficient trees in Dhaka, this would not happen. That’s why everybody should plant trees,” the mayor said.

He hails children terming them the future leader and said: “You can change the country. I hope, from now on, everybody will plant a tree at their house.”

The initiative has been taken by Green Dhaka and Pran-RFL group. One lakh trees will be planted in 40 schools in the capitals under this program.

BAF Shaheen College principal Group Captain A H Amirul Hasan presided over the programme.

Among others, Manjurul Hannan, Director General, Department of Agricultural Extension, R N Paul, Managing Director of Pran-RFL group, and Priti Chokroborti, Chairman, Universal Medical College And Hospital were present at the programme.