KABUL (SW) – In a proactive move to address environmental concerns and counter the negative impact of climate change, the Kabul Municipality launched a tree-planting campaign on Saturday.
The campaign has been kicked off in the Wazir Akbar Khan hill area of Kabul, with the participation of government officials and Kabul residents, which aims to distribute and plant at least two million saplings throughout the city.
In the past years, inadequate care for planted seedlings and inefficiencies in watering management, caused some of the seedlings rotting or breaking.
Kabul municipality officials say that they have serious plans of managing the saplings and focus on spreading greenery in Kabul city this year.
Abdul Wakil Mutawakel, head of greening of Kabul Municipality, says: “This year, Kabul Municipality will distribute and plant two million saplings in Kabul city, of which 600,000 are ready.”
Mohammad Khales Sajestani, the deputy of urban services and environment of this department, also says: “These seedlings do not dry in any way. We have a green belt in the city of Kabul, where we have the capacity to plant more than two million saplings. Kabul Municipality has good plans for water management.”
According to officials, in the last solar year, nearly one million saplings were planted in the Kabul city, and these saplings were well maintained and prevented from drying out.
The campaign participants, referring to the negative consequences of climate changes such as the lowering of the underground water level and droughts, consider the planting of saplings to be the basic need of Kabul city.
Hafez Azizurahman, head of the National Environmental Protection Agency, says: “Today, the world is facing many problems related to climate change and the earth is getting warmer day by day. A good way to deal with this situation is to plant saplings.”
Approaching the new year, Kabul Municipality officials plant millions of saplings across the country every year.
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