The Kazhakuttam-Karode four-lane NH bypass project could set a precedent on treatment of trees during road development.
Shashi Tharoor, MP, said efforts would be taken to preserve trees along the median of the bypass, a ‘first such attempt in the country’, and those on the sides as well.
The three-pronged approach to trees will also include efforts to re-plant trees wherever possible.
Mr. Tharoor quoted Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson as stating that special equipment for this purpose would be brought in from other States.
