Over 40 million trees planted across Punjab in FY2025-26

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Jul, 2026) Punjab Forest Department has exceeded its annual plantation target for the fiscal year 2025-26

by planting more than 40 million trees across the province, achieving 103 per cent of the target

through its monsoon and spring plantation campaigns.

According to a spokesperson on Sunday, over 21 million saplings were planted during the Monsoon

Plantation Campaign 2025, while more than 19 million were planted under the Spring Plantation

Campaign 2026. Plantation was carried out extensively along canals, rivers, railway tracks and

in state-owned forests across Punjab.

Kamalia Forest Division completed plantation on 1,750 acres, while the Mianwali and Rahim

Yar Khan forest divisions covered 1,152 acres and 1,389 acres, respectively. In the Dera Ghazi

Khan Forest Circle, plantation was undertaken on 5,826 acres, while 802 acres were covered

in the Sahiwal Forest Division and Dal Waryam areas.

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The department also distributed more than 3.5 million saplings among defence institutions and

various government departments to support afforestation efforts.

Under the rail and canal-side linear plantation programme, over 1.4 million saplings were planted

along 3,085 avenue miles. In Bahawalpur, another 145,000 saplings were planted under an

eco-tourism initiative aimed at enhancing green cover and promoting environmental sustainability.

Director General Forests Azfar Ziya said all plantation sites had been geo-tagged to ensure

transparency and effective monitoring. He said digital mapping would help maintain a verifiable

record of plantation activities and facilitate future assessment of their performance.

The DG said the department remained committed to expanding forest cover and advancing the

provincial government’s Green Punjab vision through sustained afforestation and conservation

initiatives.