Lok Sabha Question No. 2718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Use of Waste Plastic in Construction of Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Manoj Rajoria, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rita Bahuguna Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2718

ANSWERED ON 22 nd  DECEMBER, 2022

## USE OF WASTE PLASTIC IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS

## 2718. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any policy/guidelines have been issued by the Government regarding construction of roads from waste plastic and other types of waste material in the country;
- (b) if so, the details with the aims and objectives thereof along with the present status thereof, Statewise including Rajasthan;
- (c)  the  length  and  details  of  roads  made  using  waste  plastic  in  the country, State-wise;
- (d) whether such roads are cost effective and long lasting and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to increase the construction of the roads with plastic waste; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to procure good quality shredded plastic for the construction of roads?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. Policy guidelines has been issued by the Ministry to utilize waste plastic and other waste materials such as fly ash, iron and  steel  slag,  construction  and  demolition  (C&D)  waste,  etc.  in construction of National Highways (NHs). The aims and objectives of using such waste material is to reduce cost of construction, preserve scant  natural  resources  of  the  country  and  promote  environmental sustainability.

(c) Length of National Highways constructed using waste plastic is annexed.

(d) Cost of road built with waste plastic depends on mix design of wearing  course  of  flexible  pavement  and  vary  with  properties  of aggregates.  Such  roads  are  expected  to  last  longer.  However, performance is under evaluation.

(e)  Indian  Road  Congress  (IRC)  has  published  standards  and  this Ministry  has  issued  enabling  guidelines  to  promote  use  of  waste plastic on NHs.

(f) This Ministry undertakes the NH projects on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) and  Hybrid  Annuity  Mode  (HAM),  mode  and  in  such  contract  / concession  agreement,  procurement  of  shredded  plastic  is  the responsibility of the contractor/concessionaire.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2718  ANSWERED  ON  22 ND  DECEMBER, 2022 ASKED BY DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI, SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL, DR. MANOJ RAJORIA, DR. HEENA GAVIT, SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL, DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV, PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI, REGARDING USE OF WASTE PLASTIC IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS.

| S. No                                    | State                 | Length of roads constru cted using Plastic Wast e (in km)   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                        | Andhra Pradesh 201.34 |                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 10.59                 |                                                             |
| Assam                                    | 2.00                  | 2 3                                                         |
| Andaman and Nicobar                      | 1.00                  | 4                                                           |
| Bihar                                    | -                     | 5                                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 106.38                | 6                                                           |
| Chandigarh                               | -                     | 7                                                           |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | -                     | 8                                                           |
| Delhi                                    | -                     | 9                                                           |
| Goa                                      | 38.10                 | 10                                                          |
| Gujarat                                  | 3.00                  | 11                                                          |
| Haryana                                  | -                     | 12                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 2.00                  | 13                                                          |
| Jharkhand                                | -                     | 14                                                          |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        | -                     | 15                                                          |
| Karnataka                                | 440.00                | 16                                                          |
| Kerala                                   | 44.25                 | 17                                                          |
| Lakshadweep                              | -                     | 18                                                          |
| Laddakh                                  | -                     | 19                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 61.35                 | 20                                                          |
| Maharashtra                              | 66.00                 | 21                                                          |
| Manipur                                  | 7.96                  | 22                                                          |

| 23             | Meghalaya   | -   |
|----------------|-------------|-----|
| Mizoram        | -           | 24  |
| Nagaland       | -           | 25  |
| Odisha         | 15.80       | 26  |
| Punjab         | 13.65       | 27  |
| Puducherry     | -           | 28  |
| Rajasthan      | 194.12      | 29  |
| Sikkim         | -           | 30  |
| Tamil Nadu     | 23.43       | 31  |
| Telangana      | 22.21       | 32  |
| Tripura        | -           | 33  |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 422.50      | 34  |
| 35 Uttarakhand | 38.13       |     |
| 36 West Bengal | 14.72       |     |

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