{"id":60684,"date":"2020-01-30T04:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60684"},"modified":"2020-01-30T04:47:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:47:27","slug":"lyari-urban-forest-project-inauguration-scheduled-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lyari-urban-forest-project-inauguration-scheduled-next-month.html","title":{"rendered":"Lyari Urban Forest project inauguration scheduled for next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Sindh Forest Department Secretary Abdurrahim Somro on Monday announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to inaugurate the \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019 urban forest reserve along the Malir and Lyari rivers in February, a news source reported. He further stated that Minister for Local Government &amp; Forests Syed Nasir Hussain Shah had issued directives to this effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/experts-declare-lyari-expressway-feasible-planting-100000-trees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Experts declare Lyari Expressway feasible for planting 100,000 trees (opens in a new tab)\">Experts declare Lyari Expressway feasible for planting 100,000 trees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed his views on the matter during a meeting held to review the progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameen-com-izhar-monnoo-developers-inaugurate-miyawaki-urban-forest-in-liberty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"urban forest (opens in a new tab)\">urban forest<\/a> development in the province. District West Deputy Commissioner Fayaz Solangi, Chief Conservator Ijaz Nizami, West District Municipal Corporation Chairman Izharuddin, and Divisional Forest Officer Maqsood Ahmed were all present at the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kwsb-ordered-to-resolve-lyari-water-issues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KWSB ordered to resolve Lyari water issues (opens in a new tab)\">KWSB ordered to resolve Lyari water issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somro informed the attendees that the authorities concerned would plant trees along the bank of Lyari River during the first phase of the project, while a plantation drive would be carried along the Malir River during the second phase. The forest would spread over an area of 26 kilometres, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-govt-beautify-kund-malir-beach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Balochistan govt to beautify Kund Malir Beach (opens in a new tab)\">Balochistan govt to beautify Kund Malir Beach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the provincial government would\nplan fruit-bearing trees in the forests, in addition to making arrangements for\ndeveloping recreational facilities, such as playgrounds, jogging tracks, and\nsports grounds for children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Sindh Forest Department Secretary Abdurrahim Somro on Monday announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to inaugurate the \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019 urban forest reserve along the Malir and Lyari rivers in February, a news source reported. He further stated that Minister for Local Government &amp; Forests Syed Nasir Hussain Shah had issued directives to this effect. Read: Experts declare Lyari Expressway feasible for planting 100,000 trees He expressed his views on the matter during a meeting held to review the progress on urban forest development in the province. District West Deputy Commissioner Fayaz Solangi, Chief Conservator Ijaz Nizami, West District Municipal Corporation Chairman Izharuddin, and Divisional Forest Officer Maqsood Ahmed were all present at the occasion. Read: KWSB ordered to resolve Lyari water issues Somro informed the attendees that the authorities concerned would plant trees along the bank of Lyari River during the first phase of the project, while a plantation drive would be carried along the Malir River during the second phase. The forest would spread over an area of 26 kilometres, he added. Read: Balochistan govt to beautify Kund Malir Beach He said that the provincial government would plan fruit-bearing trees in the forests, in addition to making arrangements for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15167],"tags":[16962,16957,16961,16958],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-karachi-forest","10":"tag-lyari-urban-forest-project","11":"tag-urban-forest","12":"tag-urban-forest-malir-lyari","13":"cat-15181-id","14":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lyari Urban Forest project scheduled for next month - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: Sindh Forest Department Secretary Abdurrahim Somro on Monday announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to inaugurate the \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lyari-urban-forest-project-inauguration-scheduled-next-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyari Urban Forest project scheduled for next month - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: Sindh Forest Department Secretary Abdurrahim Somro on Monday announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to inaugurate the \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lyari-urban-forest-project-inauguration-scheduled-next-month.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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