I am familiar with this term, `tree transplantation'. May I know what is the success rate? Regards, Tapas.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Kiran Srivastava <[email protected]> wrote: > Having all these superfast 4-6 lane expressways is fine but I lament the > lack of large, old shady trees that used to line our highways : I recall > the Grand Trunk Road in the northern part of the country, where weary foot > travelers could stop, take their meager repast and a short snooze. Now one > zooms past at great speed and we mostly see shrubs and a single belt of > quick growing trees to show 'greening' is done. I suppose the new tree > transplantation clause is again a hogwash. Do the Canadians know how our > system works? Most of us are happy with pretty yellow flowers....like > Mexican Oleander!! > > > Regards, > > Kiran Srivastava > > Mumbai > > > Aug 07 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) > > Tree Transplantation Clause in NH Contracts in the Works > > Rajat Arora > > *New Delhi:* > > *Move to ensure speedy green nod for projects* > > In a bid to secure speedy green clearances for highways, the government > plans to introduce a `tree transplantation' clause in highway contracts > that will require project developers to salvage as many trees as possible. > > The move comes at a time when road projects worth over ` . 30,000 crore > are stuck due to environment issues. “The move will ensure faster > environmental clearances and will speed up construction of roads,“ Union > minister for roads, transport and highways Nitin Gadkari told ET. > > For transplanting and monitoring of the green corridor project, the > government will set up a dedicated green agency with its headquarters at > the Transport Bhawan in Delhi. The technology will be imported from Canada. > > A separate budget will also be earmarked for transplanting. “The > estimates of any widening scheme on national highways will include the > provision for transplantation of trees,“ Gadkari said. > > “The maintenance of such transplanted trees will also be included in the > contract documents of all BOT (build-operate-transfer) and EPC > (engineering-procurement-construction) projects. A total of 1% of the cost > of construction would be kept aside only for the green initiatives.“ he > added. > > The cost of plantation and maintenance will be borne by the > concessionaire in case of BOT projects and by the NHAI or the ministry for > public-funded projects. > > As per the policy, the location for transplantation will have to be > identified and preliminary treatment done at least three months before the > area is ready for transplantation. transplantation.“A beautiful tree in the > wrong place on roads need to be salvaged rather than destroyed.Therefore, > transplanting trees during the construction of road projects should be > preferred,“ Gadkari said. > > The policy, which also aims to provide employment to the local people, > will be implemented in participation with the local community, NGOs, > private sector and the forest department. Under the policy, the road > ministry will `tree-line' 140,000 km of national highways. > > > > ET VIEW - No Ticket to Clearance > > The proposal to plant trees to create a green corridor along highways will > improve their green quotient .The replanting needs to be undertaken in a > planned manner, with due consideration to road safety, and the species of > trees best suited to the area. However, to reduce prerequisites for green > clearance to this one issue is a mistake. The environment ministry has > prepared a list of 52 items on which the building agency or company must > provide information to ensure proper assessment of a project. To speed up > clearances, the developer must provide required information on time. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
