Karachi: A unique awareness was provided for the conservation of mangrove trees, considered as a lead wall against storms and floods.
Skywings Aviation, which introduced air taxi service for the first time in Pakistan through low-capacity aircraft, highlighted the damage to mangrove forests in the vicinity of Port Qasim and Gharo from 3,000 feet. Diamond DA 40 completed the bilateral mission within half an hour.
Small in size compared to other aircraft, but extremely powerful, the Diamond DA 40 aircraft included in the Skywings Aviation fleet took off from the General Aviation Hangar near Karachi Airport with the aim of protecting the sea and breeding aquatic life. Its main role was to draw attention to the indiscriminate cutting of mangrove trees.
The four-seater aircraft hovered at an altitude of 3,000 feet and flew over mangrove forests to Port Qasim and Gharo coastline under the slogan “Let’s be the shield of the silent protectors of the seas”.
Before the take-off of the flight, while talking to Express News, the captain of the plane, Ahad Yusuf Abbas, said that after burning mangrove tree wood in the stove and using its leaves as fodder for animals, the coastal areas of Sindh including Karachi The belt was exposed as a hazard.
He said that after this destruction by human hands, it is now necessary to stop the cutting of these forests because in the current climate change, it is the only protective wall, which can block the way of raging seas and storms. can
According to Tasdeq Hussain Gilani, associated with Sky Wings Management, who arranged for a special flight to raise awareness of mangrove forests, the United Nations is currently working to save the environment, the most recent example of which is the COP 28 conference held in the United Arab Emirates. Is.
He said that it is important that Pakistan also contributes to this important issue because further if the indiscriminate cutting of these mangroves continues, it will mean that we ourselves will invite the dangers arising from the chest of the sea. The flight landed on Runway 25L of Jinnah Terminal after a continuous flight of 180 km at an altitude of 3,000 feet, after which this awareness and constructive journey about mangroves came to an end.
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