Staff Reporter
Trees contribute to the quality of life, beauty, sustainability, and rehabilitation of our environment and the human condition. Plants, crops, and green spaces sustain and enhance the beauty of our homes and communities and reduce our carbon footprint.
“Rawalpindi appears to have no policy regarding plantation of trees and safeguarding green spaces. Tree cutting and usurping green belts by the land mafia has been unable to create public furore except off and on media reports,” says Shaheer Ali.
“In addition, what often goes unnoticed is the concretization of trees, a practice that results in strangling a tree. Their slow and gradual killing. The concrete layer completely closes off the base, leaving no room for the tree to widen,” says Jawad Haider, a botanist. “Construction and repair work often engulf trees in-between spaces meant for roads, footpaths, and parking.
