Khulna divisional tree plantation and fair 2011, jointly organised by the Khulna district administration and Sundarban West Zone of the Forest Department, began in the Khulna city Tuesday.
Khulna mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque inaugurated the programme at
the Shaheed Hadis Prak as the chief guest of the ceremony.
The speakers at the programme called on the general public to plant more trees and present their relatives with plants of local species and friends on special occasions.
Earlier, a colourful procession was brought out from the Khulna Circuit House premises to end at the fair ground at Shaheed Hadis Park after parading the main city roads.
Representatives from the government departments, non-governmental organisations and different civic groups, students of different schools and journalists attended the programme.
The fair has 42 stalls and a nursery pavilion with a number of nurseries, showcasing a range of medicinal, garden, forest and fruit-bearing species, said the organisers.
The 15-day fair will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day and end on July 12.
Chaired by Khulna deputy commissioner Jomsher Ahmmad Khandokar, the inauguration was addressed, among others, by Khulna divisional commissioner Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, Khulna Superinten-dent of Police Tanvir Hayder Chowdhury, Khulna circle conservator of forest Mohammad Akbar Hossain and Sundarban West Zone divisional forest officer Johir Uddin Ahmed.
Source : New Age
