Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Warangal, Amaravati Win Top NHAI Green Highways Awards
The National Highways Authority of India gave awards for planting and caring for greenery along highways.
Warangal’s project unit won first place for planting trees in highway medians.
Amaravati’s project unit won first place for planting trees along avenues.
Nagpur’s project unit won first place for planting in land parcels.
Nominations were submitted through an online portal.
NHAI first shortlisted the entries.
It then judged them using several measures.
These measures included how many plants survived, the quality of the plants, protection methods, and the variety of species used.
Warangal PIU won first place for median plantation.
Amaravati PIU received first prize for avenue plantation.
Nagpur PIU won first prize for plantation in land parcels.
NHAI evaluated shortlisted nominations submitted through an online portal.
Judging covered survival rates, planting material, protection measures, action plans, and species diversity.
- Who
- The National Highways Authority of India and project implementation units in Warangal, Amaravati, and Nagpur.
- What
- NHAI announced winners of its Green Highways Excellence Awards for different plantation categories.
- When
- The specific awards year is not stated; nominations were invited before the evaluation.
- Where
- Warangal won for median plantation, Amaravati for avenue plantation, and Nagpur for plantation in land parcels.
- Why
- The entries were evaluated to recognize plantation work using criteria including survival rates, action plans, planting material, protection measures, and species diversity.
- Awarding organization
- National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
- Warangal result
- First place for median plantation
- Amaravati result
- First prize for avenue plantation
- Nagpur result
- First prize for plantation in land parcels
- Submission method
- Online nomination portal
- Evaluation scale
- 100-mark criterion
- Evaluation factors
- Plant survival rate, site-specific action plans, planting-material quality, protection measures, and species diversity