KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) here on Thursday started second phase of its tree-plantation drive at the Jinnah InternationalAirport(JIAP) and its vicinity.

The campaign commenced with plantation of different fruit saplings at Jinnah International Airport.

CAA officials, along with staff members and representatives of different airlines, also planted saplings on the CAA tract earmarked for the purpose.

Presence and active participation of a large number of students and their teachers from different schools made the event all the more meaningful.

CAA spokesman mentioned that secretary aviation/DGCAA had inaugurated the tree-plantation campaign of CAA in the beginning of this year under the Clean and Green Pakistan Campaign as envisioned by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The plantation drive of CAA has been going on since February 2019 at airports across the country.-APP