Tree sapling plantation campaign launched

Kathmandu, June 29

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli planted tree saplings amid a special function organised in Kathmandu today, to mark the National Tree Plantation Day.

All government agencies and local levels also followed suit.

Earlier, the government had announced that it would celebrate June 29 as the National Tree Plantation Day. Prime Minister Oli planted tree saplings in Koteshwor today.

On his official Twitter account, the prime minister encouraged people to plant 50 million tree saplings a year. “Let’s protect saplings like we protect our children,” he wrote.

According to the budget speech for the fiscal 2018-19, the coming fiscal will be declared and observed as afforestation year and planting of saplings of timber and fruit trees will be carried out as a campaign. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers said that community forest users’ groups, private sectors and non-governmental organisations, among other stakeholders, will be actively engaged in the campaign to make the afforestation year a success.

The act of planting fruit and herb saplings in vacant forest areas, river reclaimed areas, public land and private forests will be undertaken as part of the campaign. Besides the government, the private sector will be encouraged to establish and develop nurseries to produce fruit and timber throughout the year.

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