Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cTopcem and Dalmia cement plants have embarked on the\ninitiative to turn plastic waste into fuel for their cement plants and at the\nsame time ensure that all the environmental standards are maintained,\u201d\nannounced Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday, during an\nofficial programme in Shillong to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma\nGandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief Minister said the State Pollution Control Board\nwill be monitoring the ambient air quality after the plastic is burned so that\nno harmful emissions take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative is part of the state government\u2019s \u2018Plastic\nChallenge\u2019, organised in different villages with a view to encourage effective\nplastic waste management among people through the involvement of local\norganisations and tribal bodies. The Chief Minister said the government is\nlooking into different modes of plastic recycling – recovering the waste or\nscrap plastic and reprocessing it into operational or useful products without\ncausing pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 tonnes of plastic waste was collected from across the\nstate by village-level volunteers and rag pickers. The waste was recovered by a\nscrap dealer engaged by the Swachh Bharat Mission office. As per the agreement,\nthe cement firm will pay Rs 30 per kg to the scrap dealer for collecting the\nplastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Minister Sangma also highlighted the different\nprogrammes taken up by the government in the past few months for a cleaner and\nplastic-free state as Meghalaya is scheduled to host the National Games in\n2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A \u2018Road to Change\u2019 campaign has been launched by the\ngovernment to build roads using an eco-friendly process. Meghalaya has already\nbuilt its first plastic road in Nongstoin town in 2018, and another one was\nmade in Tura this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is not that the administration is doing all this alone.\nPeople are doing it, NGOs are doing it. This has become a campaign,\u201d said Ram\nSingh, Deputy Commissioner of West Garo Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To build the road in Tura, community volunteers were sent on\na door-to-door purchase of plastic waste. Scrap plastic was recovered from the\nRongkhon Songital dumping ground after a process of Segregation, Washing,\nDrying and Shredding. The plastic waste was then converted into a mixture that\nwas added to the Bitumen used for road construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Dalmia Cement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It is a leader in cement manufacturing since 1939, DCBL is a\nmulti spectrum Cement player with double digit market share and a pioneer in\nsuper specialty cements used for Oil wells, Railway sleepers and Air strips. Dalmia\nBros. Pvt. Ltd. originated from the businesses controlled by Jaidayal Dalmia’s\nson Vishnu Hari Dalmia. This group of companies is now managed by his sons\nSanjay Dalmia (Chairman) and Anurag Dalmia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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