Gandaki, June 5: More than six thousand saplings have been planted under the ‘Green Pokhara, Clean Pokhara’ campaign launched with the aim of making Pokhara clean and green.
Saplings were planted in various areas of Pokhara Metropolitan City today on the occasion of World Environment Day.
The Metropolitan City Office has stated that various fruit trees were planted in the office premises of the Pokhara Valley Municipal Development Committee in the presence of Mayor Dhanraj Acharya.
Mayor Acharya said that the ‘Green Pokhara, Clean Pokhara’ campaign has been launched to develop Pokhara as a green city. He mentioned that under this campaign, a mega tree plantation drive is ongoing in Pokhara.
The metropolitan city has called on every family to contribute to the campaign by planting trees and plants in their own places.
The metropolitan city has requested the public to regularly water and take care of the plants placed in front of houses and shops. With the beautification of the city and the promotion of environmental cleanliness, the metropolitan city has started planting flowers in the main streets of Pokhara.
Mayor Acharya said that a tree plantation campaign was conducted based on the suggestions of the Institute of Forestry and the environmental experts.
According to him, the metropolitan city has a plan to plant 226,000 saplings of 38 species on the side of 700 km of roads in Pokhara, nearly 67 km of river and stream banks, and 125 hectares of open area in 29 public places. #nepal #rss
