Talking about the initiative and other projects inaugurated by the CM, Shailesh Kumar Yadav, District Magistrate of West Tripura district, told
ANI, Today, five projects undertaken by the Agartala Smart City Limited under the Smart City Mission, were inaugurated here.”
The first project a 680-metre road near B K Road has been constructed by mixing waste plastic along with Bitumen, costing around
Rs 70 lakh on a trial basis. He added, in the coming days, more such roads made out of plastic will be constructed to reuse the plastic waste generated.
Shailesh who is also the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ASCL said that experiments are yet to be conducted to check the impact of using
First in Tripura! Road Constructed from Plastic Waste
In a first-of-its-kind initiative the Tripura Government under the Agartala Smart City Limited (ASCL) project, has constructed its first-ever plastic road by using non-recyclable plastic waste.
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| 23 Feb 2021 12:18 PM GMT
Agartala: In a first-of-its-kind initiative the Tripura Government under the Agartala Smart City Limited (ASCL) project, has constructed its first-ever plastic road by using non-recyclable plastic waste.
As per reports, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb stated that the road has been constructed with an aim to reduce plastic waste, whilst making the environment plastic-free. In a one-of-its-kind initiative, the road has been constructed with the aim to reduce plastic waste and make the environment plastic-free, Deb said on Monday.