PILOT PROJECTLudhiana: National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has arranged rubber mulching of all this four-lane street at Ladowal jump in Ludhiana district, which now joins NH 95 and NH 1, to a trial basis.
A city-based specialist, Colonel Jasjit Singh Gill (retired), had suggested this idea to chairman of NHAI, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
Col Gill (retd), who’s also the founder of’Let’s Clean Ludhiana’, an NGO, and also a part of nation action force on Buddha Dariya Rejuvenation, stated on the instructions of chairman of NHAI, DGM (specialized ) An K Sharma issued an arrangement to the execution of this suggestion by him.The sequence implies that the functionality of rubberized vis-à-vis conventional mulching could be reported and tracked.
The correspondence indicates that proposition was accepted by the competent jurisdiction for an quantity of Rs 9,70,400.
In his proposition, Col Gill (retd) had stated rubber mulch won’t allow the weeds grow when placed thickly.
It is going to also keep soil moisture for an extended duration, because it will offer cover from sun.
This in turn will decrease irrigation demands for saplings being increased from the median.
Because the rubber doesn’t deteriorate or rust with time, there’s absolutely not any replacement price.
Col Gill (retd) additionally implied installation of amassing hoppers such as plastic bottles and other plastic waste in auto window flat so people can be invited to remove their plastic waste whenever they journey without actually stopping.
Afterwards, these hoppers may be transformed plastic shredders on atomic energy so they can be shred everyday once they become full.