Bolgatanga (Upper East), 2nd July 99 --
The Bolgatanga Urban council has acquired 10,000 seedlings of various tree species for planting along some sections of the Bolgatanga-Tamale road.
The exercise, which is in three phases, begins at the end of June and would stretch from the Bolgatanga central hospital junction to the Royal Hotel at the Estates.
The cost of digging holes, planting and watering of the seedlings is estimated at 2.1 million cedis.
Mr David Apea, Chairman of the Bolgatanga urban council, disclosed this at its second meeting in Bolgatanga.
He said the district assembly would finance the project, while chairmen of unit committees would mobilise the people to provide labour.
Mr Apea further disclosed that the council has started clearing heaps of refuse in the township as part of measures to rid it of filth that has lately been a nuisance to visitors and residents alike.
He commended contractors in the town, who have placed their tipper trucks at the disposal of the council for the exercise and appealed to non-governmental organisations to assist in providing technical and logistic support for the success of the tree planting exercise.
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