NHAI to use solid waste of Ghazipur site in construction

Syed Ali Ahmed 

Tribune News Service 

New Delhi, November 28

As a pilot project, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to use the municipal solid waste (MSW) embankment material in road construction. This is being done with an idea to get rid of solid waste in urban areas, sources in the Urban Development Ministry said. 

The sources said that to begin with solid waste from Ghazipur landfill site in East Delhi will be used in the widening of NH-24 that is to be widened from four lane to sixteen lane. If this is successful, solid waste will be used in road construction on national level.

According to the sources, NHAI approached the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to carry out a detailed study to investigate the possibility of using municipal solid waste material as an embankment fill. 

It was emphasized that the study would be carried out as a pilot project. The outcome of which could be utilised and applied in different cities at the national level. Accordingly, a proposal was prepared by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the CRRI, to carry out study report in three phases the scope and objectives of which include - development of methodology for segregation, laboratory characterisation, design, construction of experimental test tracks, instrumentation and monitoring, the sources said.

A detailed study was carried out to investigate the possibility of utilizing the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collected from Ghazipur, East Delhi as an embankment fill material. The MSW is proposed to be utilized in the widening of NH-24 from 4 lane to 16 lane, the sources said.