KHULNA, July 22, 2022 (BSS) – Deputy Minister for
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Habibun Nahar today
said massive tree plantations can help reduce carbon emissions at a
substantial level and that is very important to protect the ecological
balance in the coastal belt.
 
“All quarters should take the responsibility of protecting the city
and its adjacent areas from the adverse impact of climate change
and massive plantation can be the vital means for attaining the
cherished goal,” she said.
 
Habibun Nahar said these while inaugurating a programme of
transplanting tree saplings and a 15-day tree fair at Khulna Circuit
House here.
 
With the cooperation of the Department of Forest of Sundarbans
West Zone, Khulna District Administration arranged the
programme.
 
Urging the city dwellers to extend their whole-hearted support to
make the programme a success, she said, “There is no alternative
to planting saplings to protect the balance of the environment.”
 
Khulna deputy commissioner Moniruzzaman Talukder presided
over the programme while additional divisional commissioner Md
Shahidul Islam, conservator of forest Mihir Kumar Dey, additional
police commissioner of KMP Sarder Rakibul Islam, administrator
of Khulna Zila Parishad Sheikh-Harun-ur-Rashid, superintendent
of police Md Mahbub Hasan, deputy director of DAE Hafizur
Rahman, divisional forest officer of Sundarbans West Zone Dr Abu
Naser Mohsin Hossain, among others, addressed the launching
ceremony.
 
Earlier, a colourful rally was brought out from the city’s Shaheed
Hadis Park that ended at Circuit House ground after parading
different streets.
 
The tree fair will continue from 8 am to 8pm every day. A total of
60 nurseries have been set up at the fairground.