UAF NEWS

Every student of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad will plant a sapling as a step towards Green and Clean Pakistan, said UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf

He was talking at the national tree plantation ceremony held at the Forestry and Range Management farms UAF. He was flanked by UAF Deans Dr Muhammad Aslam, Dr Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, Dr Sarfraz Hassan, and Dr Aslam Mirza; Registrar Umar Saeed Qadri, Dr Muhammad Farukh, Dr Asif Tanvir, Dr Muhammad Tahir, Dr Tasneem Khaliq, Dr Yasir Jamil, Dr Irfan and other notables. UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf said that the university had planted 25,000 saplings in the last financial year. He lauded the measures being taken under the PM Clean and Green Pakistan scheme to address the climate changes and environmental issues. He said that to archive international standards of forest net, we have to long way to go. He said that a massive plantation drive would be carried out this year at the main and sub-campuses. He said that climate changes were causing hazardous effects on the lives of the people. He urged the people for plantation to ensure clean environment and green Pakistan. He congratulated the Estate Management Department for making the University the greenish campus. Dr Muhammad Farrukh said Ministry of Environment on setting the world record of maximum tree plantation in a single day declared August 18, 2009 as the first national tree plantation day meant to increase the forest cover in the country and preserve the depleting forest resources. He said that the university provides 30,000 free plants every year to the community. He added that they had planted 25000 sapling this year. And more 10,000 would be planted. Dr Irfan said that the university forest nursery was producing plants of more than 60 types. He said that allout efforts were being carried out to flourish the plantations in the society.