1 injured by Fire, Plantation Drive launched at Chitral

 Man burnt by fire.

CHITRAL: A security Guard of Professional Development Center Chitral campus of Aga Khan University Mir Ajab received serious injury while fire catch his room at night time. According to detail security guard of PDC Chitral Mir Ajab was heating his body with fire in his cabin type room at night time while fire catch the room as a result Mir Ajab burnt badly and received several inuries at his face and heads. He was rushed to Peshawar through PIA flight for treatment.

Plantation Drive kick at Chitral.

CHITRAL: Plantation drive kicked at Chitral in a simple but prompt ceremony held at Governor cottage Chitral. Member National Assembly and former Federal Minister Shahzada Muhayuddin was chief guest on the occasion while District Nazim Maghfirat Shah was presiding over the ceremony. Addressing to the ceremony MNA Chitral said that Chitral having rich forest in past but due to increasing in population number of forest is decreasing as wood using for fire and infrastructure purpose. But this is our responsibility to plant at least one sapling to improve forestation and keep the environment pleasant because these plants also causing for Oxygen gas and our best health. He said that due to no monsoon waves ratio of plantation and forestation is less than down districts but we can improve it by planting at least one sapling in our surrounding. He said we can minimize heavy pressure of fire wood on our forest due to up-gradation in local power house. He announced that work will be start this year on Golain goal hydro power house of 106 Mega watt causing for acute demand of fire wood.

He said I will try to persuaded federal government for supply of electricity on subsidize rate for heating and cooking  purpose  as there is no industry no other source of fuel except fire wood and electricity in the district. He said I have directed forest department for cutting wind fall not for fresh trunk. He said that in past a huge amount of 7.5 million were spent for deploying Frontier Constabulary to protect forest but timber mafia shifted million of feet wood to lower district even through Afghanistan and contract of cutting was also given to those who were involved in timber mafia and smuggling. He appeal to public that every citizen must be plant a sapling to improve our forest.

Addressing on the occasion DCO Chitral Mutasim Billah Shah said that 9.59 million sapling would be planted in the district by involving local community for ownership of these plants. He warned that in case of cutting any trunk illegal at Arando goal the defaulter would also be crushed. He said that we have arranged local nursery where million of sapling would be prepare to success plantation drive in the district for next year. District Nazim Chitral Haji Maghfirat Shah and Divisional Forest Officer Gulzar Rehman, Muhammad Hakeem Advocate General Secretary PPPP also spoke on the occasion.  At last MNA Chitral, DCO, District Nazim and DPO Chitral planted sapling at Governor cottage  to kick plantation drive in the district.