MORE than 1,700 trees have been planted on the Shaikh Salman Highway in Zayed Town as part of efforts by the Southern Municipality to beautify the area and help fight climate change.
A total of 1,700 Bougainvillea bushes – tropical vine-like shrubs that are drought tolerant, love the sun and pack a huge punch of colour – were put in place in addition to 70 trees of different species, such as Poinciana and Hibiscus, revealed Southern Municipality director general Assem Abdullateef.
He also added that 1,400sqm of natural grass was also planted as part of the total 1,875sqm of the entire area located opposite the Educational District and in front of Zayed Town dwellings.
“The second phase of the project included excavation work to extend the irrigation network as well as quantities of agricultural sand and levelling the ground in preparation for cultivation,” he said in an official statement.
“Fertiliser was added in addition to the installation of plastic spacers to add design lines to the site.
“During this project, care was taken to select the type of trees and perennial shrubs that give shade, are environmentally friendly, and that suit the weather conditions in Bahrain.”
According to Mr Abdullateef, the first phase of the project also included excavation work to extend a ‘smart irrigation network’, in line with the country’s digital transformation.
Mr Abdullateef
He explained that this network works remotely using smart phones to operate irrigation and control the operating durations and pumping quantity.
“This network has been connected to the Hoorat A’ali Station for remote operation via the Wi-Fi network,” he added.
“This aims to save time, effort and costs in irrigation operations daily in the streets, as well as enhance the response speed to emergency situations such as water leaks.”
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