After the rubber plastic road! Meghalaya showed a surprise after the Tripura of Northeast India. A kilometer of the road was mixed with plastic wastes in the hill state.
Many years ago, the construction of the road with rubber in Tripura started. Indian Rubber Board engineers get success in several places. Now the road was constructed using bitumen in a special way by collecting plastic waste in Meghalaya.
This road was built at Nankinjeng village in West Khasi district of the state. District administration claims that this road is a sturdy plastic road compared to the common roads.
Deputy Commissioner Arun Kumar Karzai told reporters that the construction of a one-kilometer road costing 33 lakh rupees. Plastic garbage likes 470 kg Apart from district headquarters, they also collect plastic garbage from the capital Shillong.
The Deputy Commissioner said the road is much stronger than the weather condition of Meghalaya. So they are going to build two more roads using plastic waste.
Rajagopalan Vasudevan, the Tamil Nadu scientist of Southern India, invented this method. His technique of making the plastic road in Meghalaya is his brain.
Vasudevan has already received Padma Shri as one of the highest civilian honor for innovation.
