From Waste to Wealth: CSIR-CRRI and JSW Steel, Salem Partner to Build Steel Slag Roads in Tamil Nadu

• MoU dated 24 January 2026 between CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) and JSW Steel Ltd, Salem Works to use steel slag (industrial by-product) as a substitute for natural aggregate in road construction in Tamil Nadu.
• Operationalises the "Waste to Wealth" mission and circular-economy doctrine in heavy infrastructure; touches GS-III themes of resource efficiency, decarbonisation of steel & roads, and indigenous R&D.