Soon, national highways to be built with bio-bitumen made using biomas? Nitin Gadkari personally overseeing the project
India plans to start producing bio-bitumen from biomass to reduce imports and tackle stubble burning. A pilot study by CRRI and Indian Institute of Petroleum aims to commercialize the technology for road construction, potentially replacing half of India’s annual bitumen imports within 10 years.
India is set to embark on a pilot study to explore the feasibility of producing bio-bitumen from biomass or agricultural waste on a large scale. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun to construct a 1-km road stretch using bio-bitumen.