Apr 06 , 2016
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BISP launches campaign for ‘Climate Smart Villages’
HARIPUR - Minister of State and Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Member National Assembly (MNA) Marvi Memon launched a campaign on Wednesday for “Climate Smart Villages” in Haripur in the wake of climate change.The BISP chairperson undertook the initiative while addressing the beneficiaries of the BISP. The initiative is aimed at training women to prepare ‘Bio Briquette (Blackgold)’.
It is pertinent to mention here that the ‘Bio Briquette (Blackgold)’ is an efficient, cheap and environment friendly fuel which is prepared by burying and burning dry leaves and organic wastes in the earth. The resultant ash called ‘Charcoal’, combined with soil, is put in a casting box and a solid block is prepared which burns much longer than wood, with much less smoke. This low cost fuel is used in many countries of the world.
On the occasion, she said that in order to meet fuel needs in the mountainous areas, people cut trees indiscriminately that resulted in deforestation. Deforestation enhanced the severity of land sliding and floods, she said.
She said that this alternative fuel would not only save mountains from deforestation but would also benefit the poor, adding that apart from its domestic use, it could be sold which would contribute to women’s financial independence. She said that the practice would help contain the effects of the climate change.
She said that the BISP would initiate the campaign in every village of the country in collaboration with the Creative Approach for Development (CAD) whose Chief Executive Officer Mudassir-ul-Mulk was the master trainer in Pakistan.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk