ISLAMABAD – Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab lagged behind in Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP), by planting only 1.13pc, 2.79pc and 9.76pc respectively of the total tree plantation/regeneration in the country. The implementation of the TBTTP was initiated in 2019 with a total cost of Rs125.1843 billion for four years (2019-2023) to plant/regenerate 3.296 billion plants across the country. The programme has achieved 579.093 million plants during July-March FY2022 and cumulatively has attained 1586.18 million plants till March 2022. Of the target of 3.296 billion plantation/regeneration of plants under four years TBTT Programme(2019-23), so far 1.9 billion trees have been planted across Pakistan, the documents reveal. Punjab is another province where only 189 million (9.76pc) of the plants are likely to be planted by June 30th.

Source: The Nation June 13, 2022 09:44 UTC