Tree corridor

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WITH thousands of kilometre of roads being built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), we now need a China-Pakistan Tree Corridor (CPTC). Billions of trees can be planted along these new roads. These roads will become automatic water catchment areas for rains, and the rainwater thus collected can be harvested and used for the CPTC long after the rains are gone.

S. Nayyar Iqbal Raza

Karachi

Published in Dawn, May 20th, 2021

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