Locust attack used as excuse to cover up Ten Billion Tree Tsunami scam

[Type59]

Cases of corruption would not be surprising. That's how things work in Pakistan. No project will be clean, unless robots do the work. I, for one welcome our future robot overlords.

 

[Salman Baig]

If my calculations are correct than govt need to plant ~55 lac (5.5 million trees) daily for each & every day in their 5 year tenure to meet that target of 10 billion trees in 5 years. Which is unrealistic. Govt sey jab phoocho they say that only 20% is self planted 20% is gifted to people and 60% is by natural growth by securing area. 60% ko tou chor dey but jo inhoo ney hudh laganay hey aur jo logo ko gift kernay hey that equals to ~11 lac trees planted AND ~11 lac trees gifted to public on daily basis for each and every day in five years. I don't see 11 lac trees planted or gifted anywhere on daily basis. Ager kisi PTI walay k pass daily basis per 11lac ki plantation ka koi data majood hey tou please zaroor share karay. Untill then I have no reason to not believe that this govt is no less corrupt than its predecessor bus inka tareeqa e wardaat different hey.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

THE ORIGIONAL 1 BILLION TREE TSUNAMI ​

"THE 10 BILLION TREE PROJECT - PAKISTAN"​

Ambitious Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project Generates One Million `Green Jobs' In KP, 350 M Saplings Planted

Reference : Urdu Point
Ambitious Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project Generates One Million `Green Jobs In KP, 350 M Saplings Planted - UrduPoint

Billion Tree Plantation proving as boon for beekeepers, enhances honey production in KP
Reference: Daily Times
Billion Tree Plantation proving as boon for beekeepers, enhances honey production in KP - Daily Times

Pakistan all set to host World Environment Day 2021 on June 5
Pakistan all set to host World Environment Day 2021 on June 5 (geo.tv)

Forests Dept planting saplings on barren lands under Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project
Reference : The Nation
Forests Dept planting saplings on barren lands under Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project (nation.com.pk)

Legislation to grant students 20 additional marks on planting saplings in the offing: Zarta
Reference: Nation
Legislation to grant students 20 additional marks on planting saplings in the offing: Zartaj (nation.com.pk)

Land being identified for more Miyawaki Forest
Land being identified for more Miyawaki forests (thenews.com.pk)

World’s highest cold ‘Katpana Desert’ to become green forest under "The 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Project"
280,000 saplings have been planted sarardu
World’s highest cold ‘Katpana Desert’ to become green forest under TBTTP - Daily Times

Pakistan is on its way to planting 10 billion trees. Here’s how
Pakistan is on its way to planting a 10 Billion Tree Tsunami. Here’s how (globallandscapesforum.org)

• Pakistan is embarking on an ambitious plan: to plant 10 billion trees across the country by 2023, in order to restore landscapes while providing much-needed employment. Popularly known as the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, this project entails both planting and naturally regenerating forests, and might possibly serve as a pilot for other countries to use nature restoration goals to reduce national debt owed to foreign creditors.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ​

 

[doorstar]

Ptwaree jeyala & zabraaz are actually hand in glows with Hindutva pajeets shame on those trators mofos.

there is a video of the fat pandit nawaz posted by me someplace here on PDF, in which he was telling his bharati hosts about how big bad Pakistan army was keeping the two people apart. he said foreigners drew the line which the army was enforcing. hum ek hein, hamara sub ek, aap bi ghost aaloo khate ho, hum ko be bahut pasand he. hamari zaban ek, humara culture ek maggar ye zalim fouj hum ko.....

 

[mingle]

Ptwaree jeyala & zabraaz are actually hand in glows with Hindutva pajeets shame on those trators mofos.

We know this long long time ago

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Billion Tree Tsunami Project already completed (Successful in KPK)
10 Billion Tree is the next phase and moving swiftly across other provinces , we need to keep moving forward

• Nawaz Sharif watching , Beti Ka Beta's Polo match in UK
• Showbaz willing to do nation a favor and go to UK to talk to big brother lets go back to Jail
• Bilawal , looking at clouds and wondering , ziyada barish hota hai , ziyada barish ata hai
• Zardari begging to have his cases moved to Sindh

Only Imran Khan , Prime Minister of Pakistan and his Team of Exceptional People are helping
launch many projects with long term impacts on Economy and Eco System & Environment

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

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Even the undisputed feather in the PTI government’s cap -- the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami (TBTT) project-- is now getting mired in controversy, while the prime minister, who is also the party chairman, is not being presented the true picture. The celebrated scheme faces wide-ranging allegations of corruption in Punjab amid disturbing reports of bogus billing, fake plantation, poor quality earthwork, unauthorised payments and more.


To cover up the corruption, the authorities are being told that the afforestation and reforestation campaign under the TBTT project has been damaged by the ongoing locust attacks. Following complaints of massive corruption in the project, the Forestry Department, Punjab, constituted an official committee on June 10 to probe “the large-scale damage to afforestation carried out under the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami programme by the locust attack”.

The committee was assigned to complete its task within 15 days but for unknown reasons it was unable to even start work. On June 30, the Forest Department issued another order for the dissolution of the earlier committee and the setting up of a new probe team.

Official sources said that the earlier committee was far more competent, but it was not allowed to start the probe. As for the second probe committee, the same sources said that it too has not yet started work, although it was also given 15 days to complete its task. The sources allege that Forest Department officials are involved in the scam and are therefore sabotaging a fair probe into the TBTT project.

Serious complaints have been received about the project’s implementation in Bhakkar and Chakwal districts and DG Khan division involving huge levels of corruption. Sources in the Forest Department confirm that these complaints are not only true in the case of the regions mentioned earlier but the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami project has been seriously compromised by corruption and poor implementation in the entire province.

In the three areas mentioned, it is said that against a plantation target of 11,500 acres for the last fiscal year, hardly 20-25 percent of that area was planted and that too was done without ensuring quality of plantation.

To cover up the corruption, plantation on a smaller area with poor quality work was later conveniently shown as completely damaged by a locust attack.

The poor quality of earthwork carried out at different sites by government machinery was shown in bills and vouchers as having been done by labourers. New Peter engines were not purchased but were shown to have been operational for months. There are also complaints of bogus measurement books and bogus meter rolls prepared with fake names. Dubious log books were also allegedly prepared of government tractors, vehicles, tube wells and Peter pumps. It is relevant to mention here that the PTI government's Billion Tree Afforestation Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was also plagued with serious controversies.

A few months ago, the Auditor General of Pakistan had concluded that while the physical targets of the Billion Tree Afforestation Project of the KP government were partially achieved, the Green Revolution as promised in the project document proved to be a far-fetched idea.

In its audit report, the AG had noted numerous shortcomings. The project planning remained flawed, its cost and timelines kept on changing, the public exchequer sustained heavy loss due to higher rates claimed for seedlings in departmental nurseries, the role of the Project Management Unit (PMU) in project execution was ineffective, rangeland and pasture management was abandoned without any justification, eucalyptus was planted on a larger scale than suggested in the PC-1 -- with detrimental consequences for the environment -- the allocation of funds to various Forest Divisions deviated considerably from the PC-I, issues of project financing adversely affected project execution and timelines plus a great deal more.

“Physical targets of the project were partially achieved. The audit team noticed failure of closures in considerably high numbers (35.14%) in seven Forest Divisions. Target for woodlots was 30,000 hectares against which 19,986.5 hectares was achieved. Target for reclamation of waterlogged & badlands stabilization was 450 hectares for Phase I and 1,950 hectares for Phase II. Data of the project directorate revealed an achievement of 290 hectares & 13,435 hectares for Phase I &II, respectively,” the report stated.

It added, the “audit found that the economy of the project was adversely affected by certain issues that pertained to establishment and maintenance of closures. Failure of closures in various Forest Divisions was found in large numbers due to lack of guidance for the field offices and managerial mismanagement. Non-transparent allotment of nurseries to the private growers, higher rates charged for seedlings in departmental nurseries, non-payment for woodlots, procurement of uncertified seeds and overpayment for watch and wards services are other areas that have a direct bearing on the economy of the project."

Locust attack used as excuse to cover up Ten Billion Tree Tsunami scam

ISLAMABAD: Even the undisputed feather in the PTI government’s cap -- the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami project-- is now getting mired in controversy, while the prime minister, who is also the...

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If there is corruption it should be investigated as for the project itself it has been mostly successful in getting the greenry back and locust was dealt with.. especially govt buying locust from farmers was a good initiative

If my calculations are correct than govt need to plant ~55 lac (5.5 million trees) daily for each & every day in their 5 year tenure to meet that target of 10 billion trees in 5 years. Which is unrealistic. Govt sey jab phoocho they say that only 20% is self planted 20% is gifted to people and 60% is by natural growth by securing area. 60% ko tou chor dey but jo inhoo ney hudh laganay hey aur jo logo ko gift kernay hey that equals to ~11 lac trees planted AND ~11 lac trees gifted to public on daily basis for each and every day in five years. I don't see 11 lac trees planted or gifted anywhere on daily basis. Ager kisi PTI walay k pass daily basis per 11lac ki plantation ka koi data majood hey tou please zaroor share karay. Untill then I have no reason to not believe that this govt is no less corrupt than its predecessor bus inka tareeqa e wardaat different hey.

Bahi they have been using different strategies