Bogura Superintendent of Police Sudip Kumar Chakraborty has set a shining example for others by making a garden on the unused office roof.
Sources said more than 300 fruit bearing, medicinal and other trees of 150 species have been planted on the roof, which was unused a year ago. Apple, grape and anti-cancer corossol trees are there on the roof. Not only apple and grape trees, Vietnamese malta, Thai bel, safeda, forest jackfruit, avocado, baraba, loquat, apricot, mango, jam, guava, banana, jamrul and medicinal trees have been planted at the initiative of Bogura Police Superintendent Sudip Kumar Chakraborty.
Besides, varieties of indigenous and exotic flower plants, including rare and almost extinct plants, whose fragrance and beauty will amaze anyone, have been planted on the roof. Japanese varieties of mango and Madhupuri pineapple, grown in the garden, are different from other common varieties.
Even though the weather is not suitable for apple cultivation, seeing the apple and grapes on the one-year-old tree on the roof of the Bogura Police Superintendent's office, people of various professions will be encouraged to start a rooftop garden. As the agricultural land is decreasing day by day as a result of urbanisation, if this positive journey of rooftop farming can be spread on the roofs of government and commercial buildings, then there can be a revolution in agriculture. It will save many rare trees from extinction.
Bogura Superintendent of Police (Additional DIG) Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, BPM, PPM said, "Not even an inch of land in the country should remain uncultivated. The rooftop garden has been made following the call of the Prime Minister and instruction of the police chief.”
He said the rooftop garden will provide pleasure and entertainment. People have to suffer due to intense heat and trees should be planted to improve the environment and prevent global warming.
He hoped that all the roofs would become roof gardens and the interest of agriculture would be developed among all. The return of the tree is unique, he added.
Bogura Department of Agricultural Extension Deputy Director and agriculturist Md Matlubar Rahman said, “We do not have the opportunity to increase our land, so gardening on the roof will meet our daily needs.”
If people make gardens on the roofs of public and private institutions, they will get poison-free and safe fruits and vegetables. The agriculture department believes gardening on the roof will meet the daily needs and provide food for the mind.
