MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Newly elected President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)’s biggest District Bar Association Mirpur and seasoned environmentalist Mahmood Chaudhry Advocate has called for plantation of trees in every nook and corner of AJK during the just starting spring season.
In his first formal chat with media here on Thursday, Chaudhry threw light on the role of all segments of society for successfully meeting the challenges of climate change.
“People from all walks of life should plant maximum trees during the ongoing spring tree plantation drive across AJK including this much fertile scenic District of Mirpur,” Mahmood Chaudhry emphasized.
The seasoned environmentalist cum jurist gave the call-to-action as he admitted “We’re way behind where we need to be” on tree-planting targets.
The AJK government, it may be mentioned here, intends to plant at least 2 million more trees by the end of the ongoing season.
Challenges to climate change
Mahmood Chaudhry called for changing the process to make it easier to plant trees across the State to help meet the massive challenges to climate change.
The target includes ‘a huge stretch for all of us to plant maximum of trees’, Mahmood said.
He continued that it was enjoined upon all of us, including the state and non-state stakeholders to focus on protecting the environment and that could be ensured only through plantation of trees.
The DBA President particularly emphasised for making state-run Environmental Protection Agency for protection of environment from all sorts of pollution.
Regarding individuals’ role, he urged that each family, if they have a garden, needs to be planting more trees.
