Objectives of Tree Plantations

The main objectives of planting along the Highways are as follows:

• To provide for aesthetic enhancement of the project corridors.

• To reduce the impacts of air pollution and dust, as trees and shrubs are known to be natural sink for air pollutants.

• To provide much needed shade on glaring hot roads during summer.

• To reduce the impact of ever increasing noise pollution caused due to increase in number of vehicles.

• To arrest soil erosion at the embankment slopes.

• Prevention of glare from the headlight of incoming vehicles.

• Climatic amelioration.

• Moderating the effect of wind and incoming radiation.

• To define the ROW especially, to highlight sharp horizontal curves during night.