Green Corridor: National highways to be made greener using a special fund
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In order to plant trees along the national highways, the road transport and highways ministry is considering setting up a Rs 1,000-crore The job of planting these trees and shrubs will be entrusted to over 200 NGOs and rural organisations. The green fund is likely to be set up under the ministry's green highways policy, which was unveiled in 2015. The policy suggested converting all upcoming and existing national highways into green highways.
The policy suggested setting aside 1% of the total highway cost for planting trees in a planned manner. In the current fiscal, road contracts worth at least Rs 1.5 lakh crore will be awarded to these organisations.
The ministry is now encouraging all the state governments to follow the same policy for all the existing and upcoming state highways. The funds would be managed by
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