PM Khan to inaugurate world's biggest Miyawaki urban forest today
- By Web Desk -
- Aug 09, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan will inaugurate the world’s biggest Miyawaki urban forest in Lahore today (Monday) as part of a monsoon drive under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project.
The announcement was made by State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib from his official Twitter handle.
وزیراعظم عمران خان آج لاہور میں میواکی اربن فارسٹ کا افتتاح اورسگیاں پرمیواکی درخت لگانے کی مہم آغاز کرے گے
وزیراعلی سےملاقات سمیت گورنر ہاؤس پنجاب میں وزیراعظم کوپینے کے صاف پانی کی فراہمی کےحوالےسے آب پاک اتھارٹی اورسپیشل ٹیکنالوجی زون متعلق بریفنگ دی جائےگی#CleanGreenPunjab— Farrukh Habib (@FarrukhHabibISF) August 9, 2021
The Miyawaki forest has been developed over 100 kanals with a total of 165000 plants which will grow ten times quicker than a normal forest owing to the unique Miyawaki technique.
It uses specialized land preparation as well as indigenous varieties with varying growth rates to produce fast growing urban forests.
Another 53 Miyawaki forests are being grown at different parts of Lahore to create sinks for carbon as well as for better pollution abatement in the city.
All have projects been geo-tagged for monitoring of their growth and development.
About 500 million trees are being planted across the country under the ongoing Monsoon plantation drive which is the largest ever such drive in Pakistan.