RAWALPINDI, Aug 25 (APP):Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has said that the government as per vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan for Clean and Green Pakistan, was making all out efforts to achieve the targets and funds amounting to Rs 7.8 billion were allocated for 10 billion Tree Tsunami program for this year.
She said the government was pursuing the Prime Minister’s vision of environment protection and under Clean and Green program launched by the government, mega tree plantation drives were being carried out in 20 big cities of the country besides ensuring construction of new parks, provision of clean drinking water and up-gradation of sewerage system.
Talking to APP Zartaj Gul said single-use plastic bags were banned in Islamabad from Aug 14.
She said according to a survey, about two million people in Islamabad use three to four bags daily and nearly five billion plastic bags are used annually in the country, which is alarming for the environment.