LAHORE - As part of the monsoon drive under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami programme, Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Lahore on Monday (today) to inaugurate the world’s biggest Myawaki forest in the city.
The forest has been developed over 100-kanal area, and it has 165,000 plants that will grow 10 times quicker than a normal forest owing to the unique Myawaki technique. It uses specialised land preparation as well as indigenous varieties with varying growth rates to produce fast growing urban forests.
Another 53 Myawaki forests have been completed in different parts of Lahore to create sinks for carbon as well as for better pollution abatement in the city. All these forests have been geotagged for monitoring of their growth and development.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to strengthen the lungs of Lahore and reviving it as the city of gardens that it once was. Over 50 crore trees are being planted across the country under the ongoing monsoon plantation drive which is the largest ever drive in Pakistan.
The prime minister is also scheduled to chair high level meetings besides his meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.
