Raipur, March 14 -- To encourage sustainability on national highways, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated the first step towards the construction of Bee Corridors on highways that help with the conservation of honey bees and highway biodiversity. In Chhattisgarh, the first segment will be on the NH-53 Arang-Saraipali stretch.
As part of this project, officials stated that biodiversity will increase on the highway. This will be achieved by planting various species of flowering plants and trees along the highway corridors to provide a continuous supply of nectar and pollen for honey bees and to aid their reproduction throughout the entire year. This project will continue and strengthen the Centre's initiatives that ...