, May 5 -- Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Monday stressed the need for planned tree plantation to reduce Dhaka's temperature as the greenery here is gradually disappearing.

"The greenery in Dhaka is gradually disappearing. We need to rebuild our cities. Planned tree plantations can reduce Dhaka's temperature," he said.

The DNCC administrator made this remark while addressing the inaugural event titled "Baseline Study on the Role of Vegetation in Reducing Temperature and Air Pollution: A Study in Informal Settlements of Dhaka North City Corporation" at DNCC Nagar Bhaban in the capital's Gulshan area.

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