Tree fair begins in Gaibandha

BSS, Gaibandha :

A week long tree fair began on the premises of Independence Square of the town here this morning amid much enthusiasm to all the concerned.

District administration and Social Forest Zone, Gaibandha jointly arranged the fair that was inaugurated by Whip of the Jatiya Sangshad and local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum Gini.

A discussion was also held this morning with additional district magistrate (ADM) Mashiur Rahman in the chair.

Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Khorshed Alam Sarker, Divisional Forest Officer Rangpur Mollah Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, additional Police Super Md. Ibrahim Hossain, officer-in-charge of Social Forest Office, Social Forest Zone, Gaibandha Md. Shariful Islam, addressed the function, among others.

The speakers in their speeches underscored the need for planting more trees at the homesteads and open spaces to protect the environment from its degradation and to save the country from catastrophe of climate change side by side with meeting the nutritional and wood demand.