PESHAWAR
Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) kicked off monsoon tree plantation drive here on Monday.
The company will plant hundreds of trees during the drive and in localities under its jurisdiction.
The company has already been taking care of trees by providing water.
The drive was inaugurated by Chief Executive Officer Dr Hassan by planting a sapling at Zone-E, one of its five zonal offices.
General Manager Operations Riaz Ahmad Khan, Chief Financial Officer Haider Khan, zonal managers Turab Shah, Tariq Aziz, Amir Gul Khattak, Maria Shehnaz and Anwarul Haq were also present on the occasion. They also planted saplings and will plant more in their respective zones.
WSSP will kick off plantation at its Shamshatoo dumping site near Garhi Faizullah outside the city. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Nasir urged masses to plant at least one tree if they wanted to reduce impacts of heat waves and climate change.
“Trees filter the air for us and are essential and even indispensable for the existence of life on earth,” he said.
He said heatwaves, droughts followed by sudden rains have become frequent causing serious damage in terms of life and infrastructure and to lessen its impacts people should plant more and more trees.
The chief executive officer added that for a natural and fresh environment, people must grow plants in pots inside their houses as well as cover their roofs with them.
“Trees are guarantors of life, absorb carbon dioxide from air and release oxygen,” he maintained.
Trees can help recover the depleting water table in the city, since they absorb water.
He urged sanitary workers to take care of trees in localities under WSSP jurisdiction by watering them regularly.
