Faiq Salim, a young man from Karachi, is running a campaign to plant saplings in different places of the city with his help.
He has also built a fruit orchard in Gulshan Iqbal area of Karachi, in which plantations have been made using the used water.
In this garden, air conditioners and ablution water used in mosques are being used for planting.
In a conversation with Independent Urdu, Faiq Salim said, ‘I have been engaged in plantation since 2017. I was alone when I took this raft.’
But today thousands of people have joined him in this campaign, after which he has named this group of planters ‘Team Green’.
He says, ‘We select residential areas and plant large tree plantations like neem, shirin and gul mahar etc. while also creating fruit orchards in open fields i.e. madrasas, universities etc.
“Along with planting, we also do plantation awareness work and the biggest responsibility is to take care of these plants,” says Faiq.
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Faeeq Saleem further said that many people lost their lives in the heat wave of 2015. After which I realized the importance of trees, that trees are the only weapon that can save from heat stroke, so since then I decided to work for the betterment of the environment.
Faiq explains that ‘all the work I have done so far, I have helped myself under you. There is no government sponsorship involved.’
According to him, he has planted more than 12 thousand saplings so far.
A member of Team Green is also Rameez Ahmed, who planted a fig tree named after his daughter.
Ramiz told Independent Urdu that ‘Many projects are my responsibility now and I planted a fig tree in the fruit orchard named after my daughter.
‘Now that tree is bearing fruit which is a strange joy to see and after which I have intensified this plantation mission.’
“I think planting is part of our faith,” says Ramez. Everyone should plant a plant in life because when it grows into a fruit tree, your generations will benefit from it.’
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2024-05-05 23:33:51
