Shri Nitin Gadkari to launch Green Highways Policy Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari will release the Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification and Maintenance) Policy, 2015 at the National Conference in New Delhi tomorrow. Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping will also address the conference. At the National Conference, over thousand delegates from all over India will participate and deliberate upon various issues related to the development of Green Highways in the country. The Conference will have technical sessions on various issues such as Designing Green Belt-A Strategic Approach, Steps towards successful plantation along National Highways and Saving Trees through Transplanting. The Green Highways Policy is a Policy to promote greening of Highway corridors with participation of the community, farmers, private sector, NGOs, and government institutions. After the implementation of the policy, the community will be benefitted in terms of huge employment opportunities and entrepreneurship development. There will be huge environmental benefits also. It will also contribute to economic development of the country.
