NHAI, Punjab Forest Dept start green drive along highways

In a bid to spread greenery near National Highways across Punjab, a joint massive plantation drive has been launched by the Punjab Forest Department with the collaboration of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The drive was formally initiated by signing of an MoU between the department and NHAI today under the Green Highways Mission Project.

VB Kumar, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, (HoFF), said the project aims to bring land acquired by the NHAI under plantation so as to increase productivity of the land, to add to ecosystem services along the highways and hence transform them to lush green linear forests.