Mayor Eng. Mohammad Yunus Nawandesh on Sunday said the Kabul Municipality had published thousands of books for children to create awareness among them about keeping the environment clean. He told a ceremony marking the International Earth’s Day at a private school in Kabul that the books in Dari and English languages had been published in financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The books carried interesting stories about environment protection, greening efforts in cities, poems and literature subjects, he said.
The Mayor said the books were being distributed to public and private schools in Kabul to enable children to share the knowledge with families and play an important role in keeping the city clean.
The municipality had launched efforts at cleaning and making green the Kabul City, where 30 recreational parks would be established having entertainment equipment for children, said Nawandesh, who revealed more than 240,000 saplings of trees would be planted as part of spring tree plantation drive in Kabul.
Residents accuse municipality officials of failing to keep the city clean, but the department blames it on fewer staff to carry out cleanliness operations effectively.
Nawandesh said they had created a commission to probe into government lands occupied by powerful individuals.




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