Rooftop gardens are essential for safe food and clean air in cities

Syeda Rizwana Hasan planting a sapling in the premises of the National Press Club on Sunday the 12th of Jan 2025._11zon

Dhaka, January 12: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that roof gardens are necessary for safe food free of toxins and clean air in the city.

People will benefit if the roofs of the capital can be turned into gardens. It reduces carbon emissions, controls temperature and improves air quality. Everyone can play a role in protecting the environment by gardening on their own roofs.

The advisor said this in his chief guest speech at a seminar titled ‘Importance of Rooftop Gardens in Reducing Global Warming’ at the National Press Club in Dhaka today.

The advisor said that roof gardens help in mental health and food security as well as the environment. The fear of roofs collapsing under the weight of gardens is a misconception.

Roof gardens are an effective solution in the fight against global warming. The government has taken various initiatives to introduce these gardens and is raising public awareness.

The seminar, chaired by Dhaka Shekar’s Motaleb Mashreki, was addressed by National Press Club General Secretary Ayub Bhuiyan, Greenwatch Dhaka Editor Mostafa Kamal Majumder, agriculturist Dr. Mehedi Masud, roof garden movement pioneer Golam Haider, and National Press Club member Momin Hossain.

Later, the advisor distributed prizes and tree saplings among the roof gardeners, and the advisor planted tree saplings in the National Press Club premises. – PID Handout