Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate world’s biggest Miyawaki urban forest in Lahore today (Monday) as part of monsoon drive under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami.
The forest has been developed over 100 kanals and has 165,000 plants, which will grow 10 times quicker than a normal forest owing to the unique Myawaki technique.
It uses specialized land preparation as well as indigenous varieties with varying growth rates to produce fast growing urban forests.
Another 53 Myawaki forests have been completed in different parts of Lahore to create sinks for carbon as well as for better pollution abatement in the city.
All have been geo tagged for monitoring their growth and development.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to grow back the lungs of Lahore and revive it as the city of gardens that it once was.
Five hundred million trees are being planted across the country under the ongoing Monsoon plantation drive which is the largest ever such drive in Pakistan.
