The Forest department is planning to plant bamboo and bamboo creeper along the Gap Road stretch of the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway in Munnar to prevent repeated landslips. The Assembly Committee on Environment has directed the department and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to consider the proposal.
According to officials, the recommendation was submitted by Green Care Kerala’s Idukki district general secretary K. Bulbendran.
Mr. Bulbenrdan said that the committee welcomed the recommendation and its chairman directed various department heads to consider possibilities of implementing the project.
