Govt desires to guard nation, individuals, nature: PM – Bd24live

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at present stated her authorities goals to guard the nation, its individuals and the character from the pure calamities, urging all to plant saplings at empty place of homes and workplaces to guard the setting.

“Our goal is to safe the nation, its individuals and the character from the pure calamities,” she stated.

The premier made the remarks whereas inaugurating the ‘Nationwide Tree Plantation Marketing campaign, Tree Honest 2024’ and the ‘Setting Honest 2024’ on the Bangabandhu Worldwide Convention Centre (BICC) right here marking the World Setting Day.

She additionally conferred Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation 2023 and 2024, the Nationwide Setting Award-2023 and Prime Minister’s Nationwide Award for Plantation-2022 and 2023 on the winners.

Cheques had been additionally distributed among the many beneficiaries of social afforestation programme.

The prime minister stated, “Now we have to guard the character because it offers us every part. If we wish to reside wholesome life, we want a fantastic setting and everybody ought to concentrate on it”.

To guard the character and the setting, she referred to as upon all to plant saplings at empty locations wherever they’ve both it’s within the homes or on the roofs and workplaces.

“I request you all to plant saplings wherever you might have naked locations. You’ll be able to have fruit, in case you plant fruit bearing bushes, you may get sufficient cash by promoting wooden, in case you plant wooden bushes whereas medicines are additionally produced from the natural bushes,” she added.

Everybody ought to plant bushes on the premises of workplaces, colleges, schools, mosques and madrashas and even on the rooftops together with homes.

“You may get shade for the bushes which offer you consolation. There may be additionally self-satisfaction of consuming vegetables and fruit from the personal gardens,” she remarked.

Setting, Forest and Local weather Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, President of the ministry’s Parliamentary Standing Committee Dipankar Talukder and Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed, amongst others, spoke on the programme.

A video documentary on the general actions of the Setting, Forest and Local weather Change Ministry was screened on the event.

Sheikh Hasina briefly described her authorities’s numerous measures like planting bushes in massive quantity, constructing cyclone centres and cyclone tolerant homes within the coastal areas alongside formulating plenty of legal guidelines, insurance policies and guidelines to guard the nation and its individuals from the hostile influence of the local weather change.

“We’re working to guard the nation and its individuals from the pure disasters alongside guaranteeing meals safety by rising extra meals,” she stated.

The prime minister stated they’ve a goal of planting 8.38 crore saplings through the monsoon season aimed toward rising nation’s afforestation.

Sheikh Hasina, additionally President of the Awami League, stated her social gathering had set a goal to plant one crore saplings throughout the nation marking the beginning centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

She stated the goal has already surpassed and her social gathering males have been persevering with planting saplings from the primary day of Bangla month of Ashar since 1985.

The prime minister stated the Sundarbans protects the individuals and their belongings from the devastating storm, flood and tidal surge.

“So, we’ve to make sure extra safety for the Sundarbans,” she added.

The pinnacle of the federal government described Bangladesh as one of many pioneers on the planet relating to coastal afforestation.

“Some 261,570 hectares of land within the coastal areas have thus far been introduced underneath afforestation,” she stated, including {that a} inexperienced belt was created on 89,853 hectares of lands since 2009.

The prime minister stated her authorities has fashioned 28 self-management committees in 22 locations to guard the biodiversity.

She stated her authorities has organised Wildlife Olympiad this yr to encourage the youth to come back ahead in saving biodiversity.

The premier stated they’re encouraging the social afforestation among the many beneficiaries of the programme.

She stated the beneficiaries of the social afforestation programme are actually getting Tk 9 lakh, 8 lakh and seven lakh as curiosity for taking care of the bushes as her authorities had elevated the allowance to 70 p.c from 30 p.c.

“There isn’t any scope to misappropriate their cash which they didn’t get accordingly earlier,” she added.

She additionally stated they’ve fashioned a local weather belief fund with personal funds and formulated Mujib Local weather Prosperity Plan 2022-2041 alongside the difference and mitigation plan to outlive from the pure disasters.

The prime minister stated her authorities can also be working to make sure meals safety.

Holding in thoughts the pure calamities, she stated her authorities is pursuing analysis to develop water-tolerant kinds of rice.

The premier stated drought-tolerant kinds of rice have developed, including that extra analysis is occurring for its additional enchancment.

“We want extra analysis on water and drought tolerant rice varieties for his or her industrial use,” she stated.

She requested all involved to not extreme use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture, suggesting producing agri merchandise in pure methods.