200 cr trees to be planted along 1 lakh km highways: Gadkari

June 13, 2014 13:53

The government plans to plant 200 crore trees along the entire 1 lakh km National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth.

"The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometre. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to plant 200 crore trees along these stretches which in turn would create jobs for the unemployed on the one hand and protect the environment on the other," Road Transport, Highways, Shipping and Rural Development Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari said in New Delhi.

A similar scheme could be implemented under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act) along the village and district roads and state highways. That has the potential to employ 30 lakh youth, he said while inaugurating a conference on "Regeneration of Rivers".

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