RCC to transplant 12,312 tree saplings on road dividers

BSS :
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) will transplant 12,312 saplings of different varieties trees and decorative plants on road dividers in the preliminary stage of the current season.

Lankabangla Foundation donated the saplings to the city corporation for transplantation on the road from Shahid AHM Kamruzzaman Crossing to Shahmakhdum Airport for generating more greenery spaces together with boosting forestry resources and protecting ecological balance.

Specific objective of the tree planting programme is to encourage everyone to plant trees with the aim of greening the city of Rajshahi, increasing the forest resources of the country and protecting the ecological balance.

Reelected Mayor of RCC AHM Khairuzzaman Liton accompanied by Lankabangla Finance Managing Director Khaza Shahriar revealed this while inaugurating the tree plantation programme at Postal Academy area on Thursday.

In phases, the tree plantation activities will be expanded and implemented to the entire 8.5-kilometer roads.

Mayor Liton stressed the need for extensive tree plantation to improve environment and biodiversity to make the region habitable for all.

Expansion of the country’s forest area up to 25 percent of the total landscape through extensive tree plantations will protect the country from adverse impact of climate change.