Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo has said that a ?ve-crore tree plantation programme will begin from May. He shared the information with journalists on 19 February after an interministerial meeting at the Secretariat, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, on the programme to plant 25 crore trees in ?ve years and the nationwide excavation and re-excavation of rivers, canals, and water bodies.
the minister said, ‘You may have noticed one point in our manifesto-tree plantation. Five crore trees every year. We have broadly agreed that tree plantation will be carried out. Now the question is: where will the saplings come from? The Ministry of Environment and Forest has some, the Ministry of Agriculture has some, and if available, the private sector can also supply