DRDA’s demo of ‘future house’
   Date :28-Jun-2024

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Chandrapur Bureau
 
 
Not just ‘Barbie’, but human beings may also soon fancy living in a plastic house, if the latest project of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) is something to go by. It has created a ‘future house’ built entirely from plastic waste. The demo house has been constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana at the Atal Behari Vajpayee Botanical Garden, Visapur in Ballarpur tehsil. A space of 625 sqft was made available in the Botanical Garden by the Forest Department. The demo house is 19 feet high and 10 feet wide. It has been constructed by recycling 13 tonnes of single-use discarded plastic. The entire structure, from the walls to ceiling, have been made using all kinds of upcycled plastic material. In the house, high-quality insulation material made from upcycled plastic fibres maintain optimal temperature regulation, reducing energy consumption for heating and cooling the indoor environment.
 
There is no doubt that plastic is one of the most alarming environmental concerns of today’s generation. According to studies, plastic takes 20 to 500 years to decompose and remains in the environment for a long time. It also poses threat to humans and the environment. Considering this, the DRDA initiated construction if a demo house made from single use plastic. The project was completed in association with Chandrapur Zilla Parishad and Dr Balmukund Paliwal of Rag Eye Upcycling Company, Chandrapur.
 
The demo house has been conceptualised under the guidance of district’s Guardian Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, District Collector Vinay Gowda and Zilla Parishad CEO Vivek Johnson. Dr Paliwal said that if the plastic waste from rural areas is collected and brought to his organisation through the self-help group, various types of products can be made from it. Dr Subhash Pawar, Project Director of District Rural Development System, has hailed the outcome and proposed that such plastic houses should be constructed in future. The presence of plastic around us, and that too in abundance, is a bitter reality that we cannot run from. While umpteen efforts are being made to reduce use of plastic in day to day life, there is also need to reuse it in a sustainable way.