The government will plant 1 million palm trees across Bangladesh to avert deaths occurring from lightning strikes. “To reduce the number of deaths, the government has already planned to grow a million palm trees across the country,” he said. The announcement was made at an event marking National Disaster Preparedness Day 2017 on Friday in the Dhaka’s Osmani Memorial auditorium. President of Disaster Management and Relief related Parliamentary Committee Dhirendra Devnath and Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal have attended the programme. The event has featured a day-long fair with a display of resources used in and materials related to disaster preparedness, as well as NGO officials and disaster preparedness officials on hand to speak with attendees.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 10, 2017 15:11 UTC