Tangail Correspondent:

A seven-day tree plantation campaign and tree fair began on Sunday at Ghatail upazila of the district with the slogan of ‘Let’s do planned afforestation, build a green Bangladesh.’

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Abu Sayeed inaugurated the campaign and fair organized by the upazila administration and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) on the premises of the upazila parishad at 10 am.

Upazila Agriculture Officer Dilshad Jahan, Upazila Livestock Officer Bahauddin Sarwar Rizvi, Social Service Officer Md. Hannan Sarkar, Project Implementation Officer (PIO) Enamul Haque and other officials of the upazila administration were present at the time.

A total of 12 nurseries participate in the tree fair. The nurseries supplied seedlings of fruit, forest and medicinal plants.

The special attraction of this year’s fair is the perennial variety gum-free jackfruit saplings.