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UP government to use plastic waste for constructing 'sugarcane roads'

State sugarcane department owns 8,000 km of 'sugarcane roads' in UP

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Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The sugarcane department in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest sugarcane and sugar producer, is mulling the use of plastic waste for construction of ‘sugarcane roads’ for cutting costs and promoting green technology.

‘Sugarcane road’ is the name given to a road constructed by the UP sugarcane department linking cane fields to the nearest mill or highways for faster movement of the cash crop. Currently, the department maintains about 8,000 km of ‘sugarcane roads’ in UP. Last year, the department had constructed or repaired 1,800 km of roads at a cost of Rs 3.50 billion. This year, he department has the

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