India First to Produce Bio-Bitumen from Farm Waste

India has started making a special kind of road material called bio-bitumen from agricultural waste like rice straw.

This is a big deal because it's the first time any country has done this on a commercial scale.

The ministers, Nitin Gadkari and Jitendra Singh, said this will help reduce pollution from burning crops and save money by using less imported oil.

It will also help farmers and create jobs.

The bio-bitumen works better than regular bitumen and is part of India's plan to be more self-reliant and environmentally friendly.

The government plans to invest a lot of money to make more of these projects, which will turn crop waste into useful things like fuel and save even more money.

A trial stretch of road using bio-bitumen has already been built in Meghalaya to show how well it works.