{"id":130854,"date":"2023-03-09T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T06:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=130854"},"modified":"2023-03-09T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T06:52:08","slug":"india-installs-worlds-first-bamboo-crash-barrier-on-maharashtra-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-installs-worlds-first-bamboo-crash-barrier-on-maharashtra-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"India installs \u2018World\u2019s first\u2019 bamboo crash barrier on Maharashtra Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>India installs \u2018World\u2019s first\u2019 bamboo crash barrier on Maharashtra Highway : <\/strong>The world\u2019s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra, the government said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-march-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Named \u2018Bahu Balli\u2019, the bamboo crash barrier underwent \u201crigorous testing\u201d at various government-run institutions like the National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX) in Pithampur, Indore and was rated as Class 1 during the Fire Rating Test conducted at the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) in Roorkee and it has also been accredited by the Indian Road Congress, a statement from the Nitin Gadkari-led Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said Saturday. The highway connects the Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts of the state. This Bamboo Crash Barrier has been&nbsp;christened as \u2018Bahu Balli\u2019.<br><br><strong>Bahu Bali:<\/strong><br><br>The&nbsp;bamboo species&nbsp;used in the&nbsp;making of this barrier is Bambusa Balcoa. It is&nbsp;treated with creosote oil&nbsp;and&nbsp;coated with recycled High-Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India installs \u2018World\u2019s first\u2019 bamboo crash barrier on Maharashtra Highway : The world\u2019s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra, the government said on Saturday. March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz Named \u2018Bahu Balli\u2019, the bamboo crash barrier underwent \u201crigorous testing\u201d at various government-run institutions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":130855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5004],"tags":[87,4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-130854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2023","tag-maharashtra-current-affairs","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130856,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130854\/revisions\/130856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130854"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=130854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}