Ravinath Raman, district magistrate, Dehradun and HK Upreti, HOD,PWD inaugurated the construction work of a plastic road in Uttarakhand on the lines of Himachal Pradesh at Ashley Hall Chowk on Saturday.
DM said that the road would be constructed as per a strategy of mixing the accumulated unusable plastic materials collected from the shops and the residences with bitumen. “This would prove environment friendly,” he said.
PWD and municipal corporation would work hand in hand on the project, DM said.
Rakesh Kapoor, additional secretary, the CM Secretariat in Himachal Pradesh said 340 kilometers of plastic road has come up in Himachal Pradesh till now. CM Harish Rawat showed interest on this yojana, he added.
Govt of India is also emphasising on making of such roads, said H K Upreti HOD, PWD.