Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday gave a clarion call to the public to join the revolution to become part of ‘Green India’. He hailed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for seamlessly taking steps towards fuel conservation and pollution control to make highway travel comfortable.
Mr. Gadkari planted a sapling at Kothapalem in Renigunta mandal, thus kickstarting the nationwide campaign to plant trees along the national highways. He envisaged a plantation of 1,000 trees on the Renigunta–Naidupeta stretch of NH-71 alone.
He said the length of highways across the country had doubled in the nine years during 2014-2023. To address the automobile pollution issue on a permanent footing, the ministry was keen on introducing bioethanol, which would also help reduce the prices of petroleum products.
