NHAI Announces Winners of ‘Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026’

Key facts

• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced the winners of the Green Highways Excellence Awards 2026.
• The awards were presented in three categories: Avenue Plantations, Median Plantations, and Plantation in Land Parcels.
• In the Avenue Plantations category, the first prize went to the six-laning project of the Chilakaluripet Bypass on NH-16 in Andhra Pradesh under RO Vijayawada.
• In the Median Plantations category, the first prize was awarded to the four-laning project of the Hyderabad-Yadgiri section of NH-163 under RO Hyderabad.
• In the Plantation in Land Parcels category, the first prize was awarded to the Jamtha Clover Leaf and Oxygen Bird Park on NH-44 under RO Nagpur.
• The awards aim to encourage sustainable plantation practices and promote greener, better-managed landscapes along India’s National Highway network.