Madras HC orders Highways Department to plant 13,000 saplings

COIMBATORE: Madras High Court ordered national highways department to seed 10,000 new plants to cover the loss of green cover during the road projects in the state. According to a press release from V Easwaran, state youth wing secretary, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), filed a case against the authorities to HC and demanded the national highway authority to plant 10,000 new trees. Following the orders, the department official has written a letter to national highways ministry seeking permission to seed 13,000 new plants on both sides of the road from Sulur to Vellakovil at a cost of nearly ₹2 crore.

V Easwaran said, “If the Highways Department failed to follow the orders, he would stage a fast and approach the Court again and would approach to higher authorities.