On August 9, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched the largest plantation drive in the history of Pakistan to plant 3.5 million trees, marking the 'Tiger Force Day'.
However, soon after the drive was over, residents at the Mandi Kass area at Khyber in Pakistan, deliberately uprooted trees planted by the government as a part of its countrywide plantation drive.
According to the residents, the government did not take their permission before planting the trees.?
The participants of the plantation drive tried to negotiate with the protesters, but in vain.
The tree plantation drive was carried out by more than a million volunteers of the Prime Minister¡¯s Tiger Force across the country, according to a report by The Week.
Close to 6,000 trees were uprooted by the protestors, who said the trees were planted on private land. The protestors carried black flags and chanted slogans.
Khan launched the tree plantation campaign across the country, saying Pakistan is the sixth most affected country by climate change in the world.
¡°It is the responsibility of everyone to make country green for our coming generations,¡± he said.
¡°I want to congratulate Tiger Force that they planted 3.5 million plants in one day which is highest number in the country¡¯s history,¡± he added.
The government continues to pursue its ambitious plan of planting over 10 billion trees across the country.?