BAJAUR: The local agriculture department here recently launched a scheme to graft thousands of wild olive trees to promote and boost olive production.
Bajaur district agriculture officer Ziaul Islam Dawar told local media that the scheme had initially been launched in the hilly Barang tehsil and would be extended to other areas soon.
The official said a team of experts would graft all the wild olive trees in the tehsil.
Mr Dawar said there were a large number of wild olive trees in hilly and mountains areas of the district. However, he said most of the residents had either no knowledge of financial importance of olive produce or had no source of turning these trees into fruit-bearing ones.
The official said Bajaur was among the few districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa having great potential in olive production.
Meanwhile, a house caught fire in Sheikh Mano area of Khar tehsil recently, residents and Rescue 1122 officials said.
They said family members were going to sleep when the fire suddenly erupted in the kitchen.
After failing to put out the blaze, the family called the Rescue 1122 for help.
A team of firefighters along with a fire tender reached the spot and extinguished the fire. Most of the items in the kitchen were destroyed.
A rescuer said quick response by the firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the house.
-AVN Report
