CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This airport wants Citizens to Donate Plastic Waste, Will Be Used to Build Roads.
A
Cochin
B
Mumbai
C
Bengaluru
D
New Delhi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bengaluru also successfully constructed more than 2,000 km roads with waste plastic. The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has mandated the use of plastics for arterial roads. The state of Assam also started to use the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -India. Chennai was among the first cities globally to adopt the technology in a big way when the municipality commissioned 1000 km of plastic roads in 2004. The first plastic road in Tamil Nadu was laid down in Kambainallur, a Panchayat Town of the Dharmapuri district as per the guidelines of then Chief Minister.

Detailed explanation-3: -BENGALURU: A new concrete road using recycled plastic waste has been built to connect RMZ Ecoworld and Outer Ring Road. The project was jointly carried out by BBMP, social venture PotHoleRaja, and ORR companies.

Detailed explanation-4: -As per the Indian Road Congress guidelines, processed plastic waste is shredded to a particular size and is then blended with hot bitumen. This mix is used in road construction.

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