Government to embark on massive avenue plantation drive across Telangana

Hyderabad: National and State highways, and roads under the Roads and Buildings in the Telangana are to do with greenery following State government's decision to take up extensive plantation along these roads.

According to the State Forest Department (SFD) officials, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, R Shobha held a meeting with the senior officials of the national highways and road and buildings department on Friday.

The meeting was called following a direction from Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao asking the department to take steps for extensive plantation of trees along the national and State highways and roads maintained by the Roads and Buildings department.