Dimapur, October 11 (MExN): Pollution authorities in Nagaland have refuted a news report stating Meghalaya to be the first state in the North Eastern region to use bitumen and waste plastic to pave roads. Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) issued a note today saying Nagaland has in fact used the stated technology way back in 2010.
Member secretary of the board, Rusovil John said in the note that the agency had used the technology for a stretch of road in Dimapur. “I would like to state that the Nagaland Pollution Control Board in the year 2010 has used this technology using the bitumen polymer (plastic waste) for
construction of a road within the office compound at Signal Point, Dimapur. The Nagaland Pollution Control Board had also bought out a pamphlet on the technology of using plastic waste in road construction,” the agency said.Member secretary of the board, Rusovil John said in the note that the agency had used the technology for a stretch of road in Dimapur. “I would like to state that the Nagaland Pollution Control Board in the year 2010 has used this technology using the bitumen polymer (plastic waste) for
A PTI report had stated in a news report on October 5 that Meghalaya state was the first state from the NE to use the technology in constructing roads.
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