This is something worth underlining. State owned building construction giant NBCC (India) Ltd, on August 27, issued a revised General Conditions of Contract (GCC), making it mandatory for its contractors to plant at least five-feet-high trees of different varieties and maintain them in proportion to project value. In case of scarcity of land at the project site contractors will plant trees in any specified area within a 20-km radius of the project site.

As per the new the clause NBCC contractors will now have to plant 500 trees for a project having an estimated cost of up to Rs 100 crs. For projects valued between Rs 100 crore and Rs 300 crore, the contractors will be planting 500 trees, plus two trees for each Rs 01 cr value above Rs 100 crs. Similarly, for projects valued at over Rs 300 crore, the contractors will have to plant and maintain 1,000 trees plus 01 tree for each Rs 01 crs value above Rs 300 crs.

Terming NBCC (India) an environment-conscious corporate CMD Dr A K Mittal said “…sustainable development is our constant endeavour”.