NHAI to Enhance Green Cover Along the National Highways with Miyawaki Plantations
- To realize the vision of saturating National Highways with green cover, NHAI will undertake a unique initiative to plant Miyawaki plantation on land parcels adjacent to National Highways at various locations.
Highlights:
- Total land area of over 53 acres has been identified at different places in and around Delhi-NCR to establish the Miyawaki plantations.
- Miyawaki plantations, also known as Miyawaki method, is a unique Japanese approach to ecological restoration and afforestation development.
- This method aims to create dense, native, and biodiverse forests in the area.
- These forests retain ground water and help to recharge the groundwater table.
- With this method, trees grow ten times faster and the plantations act as a sound and dust barrier.
- Focus will be on planting indigenous species of plants that can survive in the local climate and soil conditions.
- Development of Miyawaki Forests will contribute towards the creation of a resilient ecosystem, offering a range of benefits to both the environment and local community.
- It will also have multiple long-term benefits, which include improvement in micro-climatic conditions such as improvement in air & soil quality.
- It will also help in biodiversity conservation, efficient carbon absorption, soil restoration and in habitat creation for local flora and fauna.
- Based on the success of Miyawaki plantation in Delhi/NCR, the similar pattern will be replicated across the country.
- Using the Miyawaki method, an increase in green cover will not only help to enhance the overall health and well-being of citizens living along the National Highways,
- It will also add to the aesthetics and pleasure of commuting on the National Highways in NCR.
Prelims Takeaway:
- Miyawaki Technique
- Tree Cover