Prime Minister plantation drive 40000 sapling planted at Jungle valley of Golen #Chitral

By Gul Hamaad Farooqi

CHITRAL: Plantation drive launched at Chitral under Prime Minister Plantation campaign. Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam Mehsud launched a tree plantation drive in the Jungle area of Golen valley of Chitral by planting a sapling. Over 40,000 trees are being planted in the area as a part of the federal government’s Plants for Pakistan program The DC said the district administration in  ollaboration with the forest department had earlier planted saplings in lower parts of Chitral and

now the drive was being extended to areas located in upper Chitral.

DC Chitral said that this is very beautiful valley but unfortunately it is still unexplored and hidden from the tourists. He said that if these plants successfully grown it will converted in a real Jungle as

this area called Jungle but there is nothing of forest.

Divisional Forest officer Shokat Fayaz told this scribe that some 10000 plants were distributed among the people free of cost. He said that thousands years old Juniper trees which were damaging by flood

and over grazing by goats. He said that by planting new sapling and fencing towards Juniper trees we can save these precious trees of  Juniper. Some trees in Juniper forest belong to Hazrat Nooh prophet

era DFO added. This is the second largest forest of Juniper at Golan valley after Quetta Balochistan which need our attention for preservation.

Munibur Rehman a local person told that although name of this valley was Jungle but there was nothing of forest because forest was cut and now a few trees are standing. He said that after succession of these plants this area will be converted in real Jungle (forest). Ziaur Rehman is a peasant of this valley he said that we are happy on this plantation campaign because after maturing of these trees it will  be work as natural check dam and decreasing flood speed and now we will be saved from flood and other natural calamity. 

Jungle Golain valley is very attractive valley having plentiful fountain of clean and milky water but its road is very narrow and earthen. If this plantation drive successfully completed it will attract a large number of domestic as well as foreign tourists.