LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority will plant 200 pine trees in Pakistan’s second biggest city as part of the Lahore Ring Road (LRR) beautification project initiated on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The PHA is working on the plan at a fast pace. “We are working on it and 200 trees will be planted on 11 acres of land. Hopefully the project will be completed in the next three to four days,” Muhmmad Tehseen, director horticulture confirmed to Arab News.
These trees are being planted on the alternate route of Lahore city on the southern loop of the LRR, covering 11 acres of land on Raiwind Road.
The road leads to Jati Umra, the residence of former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif.
Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif launched the big cities’ beautification program in the province and many of those in the historic city of Lahore.
The Lahore Development Authority, the Lahore Walled City Authority, the Parks and Horticulture Authority are the agencies executing this plan.
“The Parks and Horticulture Authority has already planted pine trees on the road leading to Raiwind, and now 200 more are being added to that site,” Mian Shakeel, director general of the authority told Arab News.
“The beautification work of cities should be undertaken with efficiency and determination. Plants and flowers help in beautification, besides controlling pollution,” said Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif in a statement issued by his secretariat.
Pine trees are evergreen, Pine trees are coniferous trees growing 3–80 m (10–260 ft.) tall, with the majority of the species reaching 15–45 m (50–150 ft.) tall.
In Lahore pine trees were introduced during the British era when they were planted at Lawrence Garden (now Jinnah Garden). In the posh areas of Model Town and Gulberg, several houses have 50-year-old pine trees.
Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is working on a plan to plan 200 pine trees at Lahore Ring Road (LRR).
