WHEN Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari declared that by 2027 India would ensure all its solid waste is reused in road construction, the statement was as ambitious as it was attention-grabbing. In one stroke, he linked two of India’s biggest civic challenges — waste management and infrastructure — under a single promise of circular progress. But what exactly does this mean, how feasible is it, and how much of it is already happening?

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