The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Developing the gardens at the rooftops of houses can help city dwellers to have not only fresh fruit and vegetable but also fresh air to breath sign of relief.

Former Adviser to the Caretaker government and Editor of the Daily Independent Mahabubul Alam said while distributing improved variety fruit plant among the members of the Dhaka Journalists Housing Cooperative Society in Mirpur housing area.

The society organised the function at its community center with its president Mostafa Kamal Majumder and Editor of the New Nation in the chair.

Chief Editor and Managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury addressed the function as the special guest.

Among others Adviser of Grameen Shakti Agriculturist Dr Shahidul Islam, General Secretary of Bangladesh Green Roof Movement Golam Hayder, Deputy Managing Director of Idcol Manirul Islam, Abdul Gofran of Grameen Shakti, and President of Women and Child Welfare Council Nurul Wara also spoke at the function.

Appriciating the initiative of planting fruit plants and vegetable in the rooftops Mahbubul Alam said growing fruits and vegetables in their own houses would give additional pleasure to the citizens.

Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury said this initiative would be an example for the dwellers of the other part of the city and would inspire them to take such move and benefit themselves.

"Gardens at the rooftops of the houses will create a nice surroundings in the area that would give them much pleasure", he added.

Dr Shahidul Islam assured all technical support to make the roof garden movement at the journalist residential area a success.

Manirul Islam of Idcol said the initiative taken by the Journalist Housing Cooperative Society would help popularise roof gardening movement. He said that more cooperation between his organisation and the society might be explored.

Idcol and Bangladesh Green Roof Movement jointly cooperated the gardening project at the rooftops of 111 houses in the area, while Grameen supplied bio fertiliser.