The tree plantation programme of Bangladesh Army started on Sunday at all cantonments, DOHS and Jolshiri Housing project areas.
According to the ISPR press release, Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed inaugurated the programme by planting a sapling of Bakul tree in Shaheed Moinul Road area of Dhaka Cantonment in the capital.
The theme of this year’s tree plantation campaign is 'Let's decorate the country with tree, make Bangladesh prosperous '
Senior army officials of Army Headquarters and Dhaka region, also attended the event.
Under the campaign, saplings of different fruits, timber trees and medicinal plants as well as beautifying trees will be planted by September 5, the ISPR handout reads.
The objective of this tree plantation programme is to encourage everyone to plant trees with the aim of increasing the forest resources of the country and protecting the ecological balance.
