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Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026: NHAI Recognises Best Plantation Practices 📅 Year: 2026 🏢 Organisation: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) 🎯 Purpose: Recognising best practices in National Highway landscaping and plantation management 🌱 Policy Basis: Green Highways Policy, 2015 Key Development ◉ The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced the winners of the Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026. ◉ The awards aim to encourage and promote healthy plantation practices along National Highways. ◉ The awards recognise excellence in landscaping and plantation management across National Highway projects. ◉ The awards were instituted by NHAI in 2025, as mandated under the Green Highways Policy, 2015. Three Award Categories 🏆 Category I → Avenue Plantations 🏆 Category II → Median Plantations 🏆 Category III → Plantation in Land Parcels ◉ Category III includes plantations in: → Clover leaves → Interchanges → Toll plazas → Service areas Eligibility ◉ Participation was open to: → NHAI field offices → Concessionaires → Contractors → Government agencies → NGOs → Private agencies ◉ These entities could participate if involved in plantation projects along National Highway projects. Category I - Avenue Plantations 🥇 1st Prize: Six Laning of Chilakaluripet Bypass on NH-16, Andhra Pradesh → RO-Vijayawada 🥈 2nd Prize: Eight Lane Vadodara-Kim Expressway, Padra to Vadodara section of Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, Gujarat → RO-Gandhinagar 🥉 3rd Prize: Gagariya-Bakhasar section of NH-925 and Satta-Gandhav section of NH-925A → RO-Jaipur 🏅 Consolation Prize: Annual Maintenance including Incident Management of Trichy-Karaikudi section of NH-210, NH-336, NH-36 and NH-536, including Trichy Bypass → RO-Madurai Category II - Median Plantations 🥇 1st Prize: Four Laning of Hyderabad-Yadgiri section of NH-163 → RO-Hyderabad 🥈 2nd Prize: Eight Lane Vadodara-Kim Expressway, Sanpa to Padra section of Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, Gujarat → RO-Gandhinagar 🥉 3rd Prize: Varanasi Ring Road, Package-I, Harahua to Sandaha section of NH-31 → RO-UP East (Varanasi) Category III - Plantation in Land Parcels 🥇 1st Prize: Jamtha Clover Leaf, Oxygen Bird Park on NH-44 → RO-Nagpur 🥈 2nd Prize: Monetization of Public Funded Operational National Highway Projects under Tolling, Operation, Maintenance and Transfer (ToT) Bundle-7, NE-II, land parcels at Duhai Interchange → RO-Delhi 🥉 3rd Prize: Lucknow-Ayodhya Road and Lucknow Outer Ring Road Intersection Junction, Miyawaki Plantation in Loop Areas → RO-UP West (Lucknow) About Green Highways Excellence Awards ◉ Instituted by → NHAI ◉ Instituted → 2025 ◉ Policy Basis → Green Highways Policy, 2015 ◉ Main Objective → Promote healthy plantation practices along National Highways ◉ Focus → Landscaping, plantation management and environmental sustainability Exam Hints ✓ Awards → Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026 ✓ Organisation → NHAI ✓ Instituted → 2025 ✓ Policy → Green Highways Policy, 2015 ✓ Category I → Avenue Plantations ✓ Category II → Median Plantations ✓ Category III → Plantation in Land Parcels ✓ Category III Areas → Clover leaves, interchanges, toll plazas & service areas ✓ Category I Winner → Chilakaluripet Bypass on NH-16 ✓ Category II Winner → Hyderabad-Yadgiri section of NH-163 ✓ Category III Winner → Jamtha Clover Leaf, Oxygen Bird Park on NH-44 Quick Facts → Award → Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026 → Organiser → NHAI → Established → 2025 → Policy → Green Highways Policy, 2015 → Category I → Avenue Plantations → Category II → Median Plantations → Category III → Plantation in Land Parcels → Category I 1st Prize → Chilakaluripet Bypass, NH-16, Andhra Pradesh → Category II 1st Prize → Hyderabad-Yadgiri, NH-163