FAISALABAD: The district government has allocated Rs100 million for plantation and Rs50 million for preserving cultural heritage of the city.

DCO Noorul Amin Mengal said this while talking to University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad during a visit to a chrysanthemum exhibition arranged by the university in front of Iqbal Auditorium on Sunday.

The DCO said hundreds of locations had been selected in the city for beautification through tree and flowers plantation and landscaping.

He said the beautification project was being carried out under a public-private partnership in which investors from the textile industry would be encouraged to play their role.

He said the city district government was also mapping out a comprehensive strategy to make Faisalabad lush green on the lines of Lahore.

He said the city had huge potential that would be explored.

Mengal said the district administration would provide internships to UAF horticulture students for their help in beatification of the city.

The UAF VC said the university’s experts of in floriculture and landscape were providing consultancy to the government and private organisations for beautification of different cities.

He said the UAF had set up ‘Rosa Lab’ containing essential oil plant to extract flower scents for perfumes and promote the technology across the country.