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youth to the elders. The impact consistently raised the issue
of his initiative was such that of cleanliness. I am proud to
shops there stopped selling see that our youth are very
tobacco products. This effort conscious about the cleanliness
also increased public awareness around them. I have learnt
about the dangers of drugs. about one such unique effort in
Friends, There are many Arunachal Pradesh.
organizations in our country that Arunachal is the land where
have been selflessly engaged the Sun's rays reach first in the
in social service for years. For country. Here, people greet each
example, there is an organization other with "Jai Hind." In Itanagar,
in Faridpur, East Medinipur, West a group of young people came
Bengal. Its name is 'Vivekananda together to clean areas that
Lok Shiksha Niketan'. This needed more attention. These
organization has been engaged young people made it their
in the care of children and mission to clean public spaces in
the elderly over the last four various cities. Subsequently, this
decades. Along with providing campaign was also launched in
education through the Gurukul Itanagar, Naharlagun, Doimukh,
system and training teachers, Seppa, Palin, and Pasighat.
this organization is engaged These young people have so far
in many noble endeavours for cleaned over 11 lakh kilograms of
social welfare. I wish that this garbage. Imagine, friends, young
spirit of selfless service continues people together removed 11 lakh
to gain strength among the kilograms of garbage.
countrymen. Friends, Another example is
My dear countrymen, from Assam. In Nagaon, Assam,
In 'Mann ki Baat', we have people are emotionally attached

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