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. A 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 the Miyawaki method is a uniquely Japanese approach to ecological restoration and afforestation development. This method aims to create dense, native, and biodiverse forests in a short period of time.
These forests retain groundwater and help to recharge the ground water table. With this method, trees grow ten times faster and the plantations act as a sound and dust barrier. For successful implementation of the Miyawaki Plantation method, the focus will be on the plantation of indigenous species of plants that can survive in the local climate and soil conditions.
