*ABBOTABAD – At least 19 pine trees were damaged due to the payload dropped by the Indian aircrafts in Balakot, sources in Forest Department on Wednesday.*
According to the sources, the Forest Department had sent a final report in this regard to the federal government.
Observers of the United Nations, World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature and other international environmental bodies will also visit Jaba village, area of Balakot on Thursday.
The international observers will prepare a comprehensive report on damage to environment due to the payload dropped by Indian fighter jets in haste, who had violated the Line of Control (LoC) on February 26.
The Indian aircrafts had violated the LoC, following which Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled and Indian aircraft went back dripping payload near a village in Balakot.