HYDERABAD: Commissioner Hyderabad Syed Khalid Hyder Shah has said that in urban areas and in areas where there is a shortage of water, Corno corpus and Eucalyptus trees should not be planted there and instead local trees should be planted such as Neem, Teak Babool, Sukh Chain, Sohanjro, Sirnhin, amaltas, jamun and Gulmore.

Commissioner Hyderabad said this while presiding over the meeting about the preparations for the plantations campaign under the instructions of the Chief Minister Sindh. He said that Corno corpus and Eucalyptus trees should be planted where there is water logging and saline land or where there is more water. He said that these trees should never be planted in urban areas but sea coast is a suitable place for these trees.

Commissioner Hyderabad Khalid Hyder Shah further said that Forest Department should conduct a joint meeting with Agriculture Department to encourage the growers for planting more trees. He said that the letters will be written to Deputy Commissioners about the preparations for the tree plantation campaign so that as many trees as possible can be planted in offices, schools, hospitals and streets.

While briefing the meeting, Conservator Social Forestry Circle Hyderabad Imtiaz Ahmad Solangi said that the plantation campaign will be started in February, so we are planting seedlings in the nurseries from now and during this time we are asking for their needs from the government departments. He said that local trees will be planted during the campaign.

Additional Commissioner-I Sanaullah Rind DFO Social Forestry Zubair Ahmed and others participated in the meeting.

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