The government is finalising a policy for the use of municipal waste in road construction, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said.
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has already used municipal waste for the construction of a few km of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on a pilot basis. Since it was a huge success, the Transport Ministry has decided to prepare a policy for the use of municipal waste in highway construction, Gadkari told reporters here.
Gadkari said his ministry is working on a new draft policy that will encourage construction machinery to run on alternative fuels instead of fossil fuels.
