LAHORE – Government College University (GCU), Lahore Botany Department on Saturday announced that it will plant around 11,000 trees at the university’s 400-acre Kala Shah Kaku (KSK) Campus during its three-day plantation drive, which will start from Monday. GCU Botany Department Chairman Dr Zaheeruddin Khan said that more than 800 students have volunteered for the three-day plantation drive. He said that GCU botanists and gardeners will lead and guide the students to ensure propoer plantation. The Punjab Forest Department, which is providing saplings, will also monitor the plantation drive. The GCU chief botanist said that earlier the varsity had planned to plant the saplings in various areas of Lahore but now they have decided to make the GCU KSK campus green where these trees could be protected.
11,000 trees to be planted at GCU KSK campus
