In a bid to green National Highways across Punjab, a joint massive plantation drive has been launched by the Punjab Forest Department with the collaboration of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
This drive was formally initiated by signing an MOU between Punjab Forest Department and NHAI today to green these barren strips along National Highways under the Green Highways Mission project.
V.B. Kumar, PCCF (HoFF) informed this project aims to bring lands acquired by NHAI under plantation to increase the productivity of this land, to add to ecosystem services along Highways and hence transform them into lush Green linear Forests.
