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S Lalitha ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: In a major eco-friendly initiative aimed at using plastic waste, the Bengaluru unit of the National Highway of India (NHAI) on Wednesday completed laying a 600m stretch on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway using plastic waste. This is in line with the repeated push given by the Central government to use plastic waste in road construction in the country after it was made mandatory in 2015. One tonne of plastic waste costing Rs 30,000 was secured from a private firm which makes chips using plastic waste. This can be reduced in future and replaced with more of plastic waste,” he said. NHAI regional officer R K Survyavanshi said this was in line with the Central government’s emphasis on creating avenues to utilise tonnes of plastic waste generated across the country..