The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) have signed a memorandum of agreement. To utilize plastic waste collected by the cadets during their most recent campaign. Which will be in use for road building across the country, the Defence Ministry said. On December 1, the NCC began a month-long Puneet Sagar Abhiyan to clean the beaches.
According to the government, roughly six tonnes of plastic waste had been collected. By 3.4 lakh cadets from 127 NCC units in coastal areas.
The National Highways Authority of India will take all the plastic waste. And use it for the development of roads, the ministry announced.
On December 17, NCC’s Director General Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh and NHAI’s Chief General Manager Sushil Kumar Mishra signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding.
The campaign’s goal is to spread the message of the “value of clean seashores/beaches” among the local community and future generations, according to the statement.
The NCC has also sought IITs and other prestigious institutions for help in recycling. Which will repurpose the plastic waste gathered, according to the report.
IIT Kharagpur will provide technical assistance for the MoU. The NCC is also engaging NGOs that deal with plastic trash recycling, one of which, Odisha Yuva Chetana Sangathan, has already volunteered to help.