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Kathmandu, June 29

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli planted tree saplings amid a special function organised in Kathmandu today, to mark the National Tree Plantation Day.

All government agencies and local levels also followed suit.

Earlier, the government had announced that it would celebrate June 29 as the National Tree Plantation Day. Prime Minister Oli planted tree saplings in Koteshwor today.

On his official Twitter account, the prime minister encouraged people to plant 50 million tree saplings a year. &Letprotect saplings like we protect our children,& he wrote.

According to the budget speech for the fiscal 2018-19, the coming fiscal will be declared and observed as afforestation year and planting of saplings of timber and fruit trees will be carried out as a campaign. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers said that community forest users& groups, private sectors and non-governmental organisations, among other stakeholders, will be actively engaged in the campaign to make the afforestation year a success.

The act of planting fruit and herb saplings in vacant forest areas, river reclaimed areas, public land and private forests will be undertaken as part of the campaign. Besides the government, the private sector will be encouraged to establish and develop nurseries to produce fruit and timber throughout the year.

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Those who import infected plants will be slapped with a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh

Kathmandu, June 29

The amendment bill of the Plant Protection Act registered in the Secretariat of the House of Representatives has stipulated a fine of up to Rs 100,000 for anyone who imports infected plants or plant products.

The bill aims to make legal provisions for import and export of plants and plant products and for promoting trade in plants and plant products by adopting appropriate measures. The bill envisages a nine-member Plant Quarantine Committee led by secretary at the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Livestock Development to provide advice and suggestion to the government on policies related to quarantine of plants or plant products.

The functions, duty and power of the committee include providing consultation to the government for formulation of a national policy on plant health and quarantine; reviewing fee chargeable on the import, export, inspection and examination of plants or plant products; coordinating with private sector and governmental bodies involved in the import and export of plants and controlled pests; preparing a list of controlled pests; maintaining a roster of plant quarantine experts and approving standards on sanitation of plants or plant products.

Plant quarantine is a process of holding any plant or plant products in a specified place for the purpose of observing, testing, investigating, inspecting and examining whether such plants or plant products are healthy or not.

As per the bill, any person or organisation wishing to import plants, plant products, beneficial organisms or means for growing plants such as soil and moss shall have to obtain entry permit from the authority concerned.

For the purpose of inspecting plants, plant products and beneficial organisms, the ministry may designate any qualified employee as an inspector.

&Anyone who imports plants, plant products, beneficial organisms or soil without obtaining the entry permit shall be punished with a fine up to Rs 50,000,& the bill says. Similarly, any person importing infected plants or plant products shall be slapped with a fine of up to Rs 100,000.

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