Karachi: Under a forestation project launched early this year, fifty acres of barren Lyari riverbed in Kemari district has been transformed into an urban forest with thousands of native trees, according to a news published on August 23.
Implemented by the forest department, as many as 73,500 trees have flourished on both sides of the riverbed between Shershah bridge and Mauripur bridge under the first phase of the Lyari urban forest project. District forest officer Maqsood Ahmed said that the project will soon be extended to a larger area. He said that these trees will help regulate the monsoon flood, prevent sea intrusion and improve the air quality in the area.
According to sources, the forest department has launched several plantation initiatives and has grown thousands of native plants in the localities of Memon Goth, Model Colony, Shah Faisal Colony, Jinnah Gulistan-i-Jauhar, International Airport area, Bin Qasim town, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park in Clifton, along M-9 Motorway and National Highway.
Mr Ahmed also revealed that the department has grown an additional 320,000 trees since 2019 in other parts of Karachi.
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