1st National Highway Steel Slag Road

Published on 03 Apr 2025

•  NITI AAYOG has inaugurated India’s First National Highway Steel Slag Road section on NH- 66 Mumbai-Goa National Highway.
• The Steel Slag Road Technology which was developed by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) is transforming the waste of steel industries into wealth.
• India is the second largest steel producing country in the world and about 19 million tonnes of steel slag is generated in the country as a solid waste, which will increase to 60 million tonnes by the year 2030.
• Steel slag is a by-product of steel manufacturing that occurs when molten steel is separated from impurities in furnaces.

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National highway Transport Road Steel slag