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Andhra Pradesh to have Coir Geotextiles roads in rural areas under PMGSY-III
The central government has decided to construct roads in rural areas across the country under Prime Minister Sadak Yojana by using Coir Geotextiles as the basic ingredients.
Andhra Pradesh: The central government has decided to construct roads in rural areas across the country under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana by using Coir Geotextiles as the basic ingredients. The new policy of using this technology is bound to be eco-friendly, low-cost, durable roads. This process of building roads is already being done in some states on a pilot basis. Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Micro and Small Industries, the roads comprising 164 km in Andhra Pradesh and 121 km in Telangana are said to be taken up with this new technology.
The central government has permitted for the use of coconut fibres in the construction of 1,674 km of rural roads in seven states of the country. In the past, roads in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were effectively made using coconut fibre. Geotextile has been experimentally successful in those states where they have used geotextile in constructing roads and canals.
