Monday March 14, 2016
Kabul (BNA) Late every year, the Kabul Municipality launches sapling plantation and creation of recreational parks.
The Chairman of Kabul Municipality Greenery Department, Eng. Semeen Sabri said, at the end of every year, our department launches sapling planation campaign throughout the capital city. This year, we had a five days campaign. Beside planting of twenty thousand sapling in urban precincts of 13. 21. 4th and 5th, thousands saplings were also distributed to citizens in different parts of the city for beauty of the city and environment protection. We establish nurseries for production of saplings and distribute saplings free of charge. The Ministry of Agriculture distributes saplings to government departments. We managed to plant thousands saplings across the city despite of our limited personnel. She added, in recent years, beside rebuilding of ancient gardens, the Greenery Department has established thirty new parks in different parts of the city out of which 28 parks have been opened and work is going on for the rest two parks, there are totally fifty six parks in Kabul including two newly established parks that are available to people. Those parks that were destroyed during the three decade wars in Kabul were rehabilitated. We plan to develop nurseries and plant saplings and flowers along main roads to prevent pollution and clean the atmosphere. She went on to say, very beautiful parks are available in other countries because people support municipalities and focus serious attention to cleanliness of their environment. So I would like to request the countrymen to invite special attention to greenery, cleanliness of their parks, gardens and recreational sites as well as take care of trees, flowers and particularly the newly planted saplings. Farid Ahmad one of the local sapling suppliers welcomed the people participation in sapling plantation campaign and assessed it encouraging then previous years. He added, this year our sales are better. This year the people started earlier to buy saplings and plant them. Mohammad Ali a local who planned to buy saplings said although we received saplings from Greenery Department, but it is not sufficient and I want to buy fruit bearing saplings. This year, I bought eight saplings for my house. While every year, sapling plantation programs are organized by the Kabul Municipality but the planted saplings are dried after plantation or destroyed due to lack of care and attention.
Karima Malikzada