ISLAMABAD: More than 300 trees would be cut down for the expansion project of Islamabad Expressway.
According to the CDA’s environment wing, most of the trees to be chopped off would be paper mulberry, pear and other fruit trees.
CDA Spokesperson Ramzan Sajid said that the development had a cost and the city would have to pay it. He said that as per the Environment Protection Agency guidelines the civic agency would plant three times more plants in various areas of Islamabad.
Some 759 fully grown and decades-old trees, 3,773 small trees and several shrubs were cut down during the construction of the Metro Bus project. Additionally, 5,526 ground covers and small bushes were also removed.
