{"id":65030,"date":"2020-05-04T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65030"},"modified":"2020-05-05T09:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T04:38:01","slug":"ten-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-labourers-green-jobs-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ten-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-labourers-green-jobs-lockdown.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Daily wagers, labourers get \u2018green jobs\u2019 during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The government\u2019s flagship \u201810 Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project has provided \u2018green jobs\u2019 to thousands of daily wagers and labourers amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/green-stimulus-package-under-10-billion-tree-tsunami-project-approved.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> \u2018Green Stimulus\u2019 package under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project approved<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources, around 66,291 workers got green jobs in the project after becoming unemployed due to the closure of several industries in the country during the ongoing lockdown. Project Director Muhammad Tehmasip stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department had provided approximately 22,000 jobs to unemployed workers in forest enclosures, nurseries, and afforestation programmes. He added that the department had taken this initiative following the decisions of the federal and KP governments to create jobs within the green sector during the lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project manager revealed that the workers were carrying out jobs in forest enclosures, tube nurseries, and bare-rooted nurseries. He added that the workers were also involved with watering new plantations and mobilising the public for spring plantation drives, protection of jungles, and afforestation. The labourers were receiving PKR 15,000 monthly, and PKR 150,000 per year each, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cophc-take-part-ten-billion-tree-tsunami-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COPHC to take part in the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tehmasip explained that these jobs were called green jobs as they helped reduce pressures on wildlife resources and forests, combat climate change, economically empower communities, and keep the economy running during challenging periods brought about by events like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He added that the daily wagers and labourers had also been hired to achieve the target of planting 100 million saplings by June 30 under the Ten Billion Trees Afforestation Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government\u2019s flagship \u201810 Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project has provided \u2018green jobs\u2019 to thousands of daily wagers and labourers amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a news source reported. Read: \u2018Green Stimulus\u2019 package under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project approved According to sources, around 66,291 workers got green jobs in the project after becoming unemployed due to the closure of several industries in the country during the ongoing lockdown. Project Director Muhammad Tehmasip stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department had provided approximately 22,000 jobs to unemployed workers in forest enclosures, nurseries, and afforestation programmes. He added that the department had taken this initiative following the decisions of the federal and KP governments to create jobs within the green sector during the lockdown. The project manager revealed that the workers were carrying out jobs in forest enclosures, tube nurseries, and bare-rooted nurseries. He added that the workers were also involved with watering new plantations and mobilising the public for spring plantation drives, protection of jungles, and afforestation. The labourers were receiving PKR 15,000 monthly, and PKR 150,000 per year each, he said. Read: COPHC to take part in the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project Tehmasip explained that these jobs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":65033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15020],"tags":[28031],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-details-on-10-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-and-labourers-get-green-jobs-during-lockdown","10":"cat-15181-id","11":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Daily wagers, labourers get \u2018green jobs\u2019 during lockdown - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government\u2019s flagship \u201810 Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project has provided \u2018green jobs\u2019 to thousands of daily wagers and labourers amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.\" \/>\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\/ten-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-labourers-green-jobs-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Daily wagers, labourers get \u2018green jobs\u2019 during lockdown - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government\u2019s flagship \u201810 Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project has provided \u2018green jobs\u2019 to thousands of daily wagers and labourers amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ten-billion-tree-tsunami-daily-wagers-labourers-green-jobs-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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