One million free trees for Tehran

TEHRAN, March 5 (MNA) – A Tehran Municipality official said on Sunday that one million saplings will be provided to denizens of Tehran on tree planting day, March 6. Ali Mohammad Ekhtari, director of the Parks Organization, said citizens will also be provided with manuals detailing how to plant the baby trees. Ekhtari said the saplings would be available to the public at collection points in 123 parks across the city and that the city was planning to extend the park area per capita from 14 square meters to 15 square meters next year. He also said four women-only parks – Mothers Paradise, Pardis, Narges and Shahrbanou – had been inaugurated and two others were in development. The director of the Parks Organization also said that the 10th international flower and plant exhibition will be opened in the month of Ordibehesht, which starts on April 20.