It is need of the hour to boost up plantation area to cope with climate changes and environmental issues. The government’s initiatives of massive plantation will open up new avenue of development to address the issues at national level

It is need of the hour to boost up plantation area to cope with climate changes and environmental issues. The government’s initiatives of massive plantation will open up new avenue of development to address the issues at national level. It was said by speakers at tree plantation ceremony arranged at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. CPO Faisalabad Ashfaq Ahmad Khan along with UAF senior most professor Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa, Dr Shahzad Basra, Controller of Examination Dr Adbul Wahid planted the tree in front of Faculty of Agriculture. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan said trees are essential part of healthy environment for a better life. He urged the society to play their active role in the plantation. He also lauded the vision and initiatives of the government of the green country with massive plantation. He said that 80 percent of the country population was directly or indirectly linked to the agriculture sector. He added that textile industry was depending upon the cotton production whereas the other industries like food were due to agriculture. Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa said that we have to turn the areas especially at the bank of canal lush green. He said that people with the rural background can recall millions of tress at the bank of canal. But now the situation has changed. He also praised initiative of government for making the country greener. He said that UAF would love to be a part of this nation building move for actual contribution being a community of more than 40,000 people. UAF was producing skilled manpower. It is a lush green area and we are making it more greenish. Dr Shahzad Basra said if we would not pay the attention to environment, the issue of climate changes will worsen in the years to come. He also added: “the UAF is the greenish campus. He said that there were numerous benefits of planting trees, from health to environmental impact, economics and even psychological effects. He said that they had done lot of the work on the moringa that is a miracle plant and now due to their effort it is being planted massively