India / PM Narendra Modi seen in special blue jacket in Parliament has been made by recycling plastic bottles

PM Narendra Modi seen in special jacket made by plastic: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Lok Sabha today. There is a possibility that his address will start in the Lok Sabha at 3 pm. Earlier, he appeared in the Parliament in a special blue jacket. This jacket of the Prime Minister is not made of cloth but of recycled material of plastic bottles.

This special jacket was presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Indian Oil Corporation during the India Energy Week organized in Bengaluru on Monday. It is made from PET bottles. The objective of India Energy Week was to showcase India's growing power as a superpower in the energy transition.

How was this jacket of PM Modi made?

Sri Renga Polymers, a company in Karur, Tamil Nadu, has prepared the fabric of this jacket of PM Modi. The company had sent 9 different colored clothes made from PET bottles to Indian Oil. Out of this, sandalwood colored cloth was chosen for PM Modi. After this, this cloth was sent to PM Modi's tailor present in Gujarat and he then prepared this jacket.

How many bottles make a jacket

About 15 bottles are required to make one such jacket. At the same time, about 28 bottles are needed to prepare the full dress. Water is not used to color it. First the fiber is prepared, then it is converted into fabric and finally the dress is ready. The market price of a jacket made by recycling plastic is only Rs 2000.

More than 100 million bottles will be recycled

Over 100 million PET bottles will be recycled to make clothes for Indian Oil employees and the armed forces.

Recently, the government has launched the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an outlay of Rs 19,700 crore, which aims to boost the economy, reduce carbon, reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports and make the country a leader in this sector. Will help in adopting technology and market leadership.