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Tripura: Road Made With Non-recyclable Plastic Waste Inaugurated
Tripura:In what is being deemed as ‘first-of-its-kind initiative’, the state has come up with the idea of using non-recyclable plastic waste to construct road.
In what is being deemed as ‘first-of-its-kind initiative’ in Tripura, the state has come up with the idea of using non-recyclable plastic waste to construct roads. As per Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, this is being done to reduce plastic waste and make the environment plastic-free. ANI shared an image of the newly constructed road. A 680-metre road has been constructed using plastic waste, near Women s College, read the caption.
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.
Tripura gets first-of-its-kind road constructed using plastic waste ANI | Updated: Feb 22, 2021 23:07 IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 22 (ANI): In a first-ever initiative in Tripura, the state has started using plastic waste in the construction of roads with an aim to reduce plastic waste and make the environment plastic-free, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday.
Speaking to ANI at the inauguration of the first such road, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, This is for the first time in Tripura that waste plastic was collected and recycled, and used in constructing a 680 metre long road in front of the Women s College near BK Road. This is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Tripura and through this, I would like to set an example of how plastic waste is reduced by putting it to judicious use. This initiative is a beautiful example of how we can make our environment plastic-free and use plastic waste in pu
Tripura: HC Seeks Govt Response on 10,000 Teachers Plea Seeking Nod to Protest
As many as 10,323 state government teachers have been protesting since December 7 last year in Agartala, demanding the state government to extend their service period, which ended in March 2020.
Police lathicharges protesting teachers in Tripura on January 27. Photo: By arrangement.
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Agartala: The high court of Tripura on Tuesday sought the response of the BJP-led Tripura government in connection with a writ petition filed by over 10,000 government teachers seeking permission to continue with their ongoing sit-in demonstration at the city centre in Agartala.
As many as 10,323 teachers had moved court on February 8