National Highways Authority of India, NHAI has planted around two crore 24 lakh plants in the last five years along Highways. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said this in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. He said, to compensate for the ecological loss, median and roadside plantation is being carried out either by the contractor as a scope of agreement or through Forest Department as deposit work. In addition, plantation job is also being carried out by privates Agencies, NGOs through competitive bidding, apart from the compensatory afforestation carried out by the Forest Department.<br />''