Over 400 trees relocated to make way for underpasses on Rawalpindi’s Peshawar Road

RAWALPINDI: As many as 469 trees and 715 shrubs have been relocated from Peshawar Road to other areas as work on three underpasses worth Rs8 billion commenced on the main artery of the cantonment area. The federal and Punjab governments had earlier issued directives not to cut any trees at the development sites following criticism over tree felling in Islamabad’s Shakarparian. After initial work began on Race Course Park, Army Graveyard and the Chairing Cross underpasses, the Rawalpindi Canto...

By none@none.com (Aamir Yasin)