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Tea saplings to be planted in Swat
PESHAWAR-District Nazim Swat Dr. Mehboobur Rehman has said
that Tea saplings costing Rs. twenty lac will be planted in
Swat, during this year which will not only benefit the local
people but will also help in improving the country's economy
in future.
This he said during a visit to Tea plants nursery at
Agriculture Research Centre Mingora today. He was also
accompanied by the Director Agriculture Research Centre Taslim
Jan, Tea Research Officer Muhammad Ilias and plants
pathologist Mumtaz Khan.
He said that every year we spend huge amount on importing tea,
therefore, locally produced Tea would greatly help in saving
our foreign exchange. He said that the district government had
chalked out a comprehensive plan for the cultivation of Tea
plants in Swat, while a Tea Promotion Board has already been
constituted at district level.
He said 100 more shade houses each having a capacity for
25,000 plants would be constructed in the Nurseries of tea
plants at villages Fathi Poor, Khwaza Khela, Char Bagh and
Matta. The Nazim further said that 50,000 tea plants would be
distributed free of cost among farmers during this year for
plantation in the area. He therefore, asked the people to grow
maximum number of Tea plants on their lands in order to
increase Tea production the country.
December 8, 2001
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