Avenue & Median Plantation

Guidelines for median plantation One or two rows of flowering shrubs are recommended in accordance with the varying width of the median in different sections. Where median width is less than 1.5 metres, only grass turf is recommended. When there is a median width of 3 metres, one row of shrubs is suggested; plantation of two rows of flowering shrubs is required in a median of five metres width.

OBJECTIVES

  • To reduce the impact of air pollution and dust as trees and shrubs are known to be natural shield for air pollutants
  • To provide much needed shade on glaring hot roads during summer
  • To reduce the impact of ever-increasing noise pollution caused due to increase in the number of vehicles