ISLAMABAD- To make the capital greener, the Capital Development Agency (CDA) has made a comprehensive plan for planting trees before monsoon.

An important meeting was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of CDA Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed in which all the directors of the Environment Directorate briefed the chairman regarding tree plantation in monsoon. 

The chairman while issuing orders said that more than three and a half lakh saplings should be planted in the city this year, which should be 6 feet in length. 

He said Fatima Jinnah Park, Park Enclave, Diplomatic Enclave, Srinagar Highway, 9th Avenue, 10th Avenue, 11th Avenue, Margalla Road, Margalla Hills, National Park and Islamabad Highway have been selected for tree plantation.

The Department of Environment will plant flowers and plants along all the highways, on green belts, roadside slopes, intersections of Islamabad for which a comprehensive plan has been drawn up and duties have also been distributed among the concerned staff. 

In addition, the CDA chairman while issuing special instructions said that all educational institutions of the city should also be made a part of the tree plantation campaign and free plants should be provided to the students.