Billion Tree Project Employed More Than 66,000 Workers After Lockdown
The Billion Trees Afforestation Project (BTAP) has provided an opportunity to the jobless laborers and daily wagers to earn better livelihoods for their families during the testing times of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Approximately, 66,291 jobless workers were provided jobs in 10 BTAP after they were out of jobs due to the closure of industrial units, public transport, hotels, SMEs, tourism, mines, mineral, construction, and other sectors during the nearly two months lockdown in the country.
According to the details, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, around 22,000 jobs were provided to laborers and daily wagers, 17,391 in Punjab, 3,500 in Balochistan, 11,900 in Sindh, 3,000 in Gilgit Baltistan and 8500 in Azad Kashmir
