Page 15 - Mann ki Baat - English

conservation. You may have to learn about some women
noticed that Hally War ji was from Biaora in the Rajgarh
honored with a Padma Award district of Madhya Pradesh. They
this year; he has dedicated resolved to remove the plastic
over 50 years of his life to the waste scattered around their
care of these root bridges. His area. Instead of contemplating
dedication is an inspiration to for someone else to bring about
us all. Friends, if you have ever change, they took the initiative to
visited these root bridges, do collect plastic waste and empty
share your photographs on bottles from across the town
social media. Your pictures will themselves. Gradually, this effort
inspire others to learn about this expanded, and the collected
unique heritage of Meghalaya. plastic began to be converted
My dear fellow citizens, We into 'eco-bricks.'
all desire our village to be neat Today, these very eco-bricks
and clean and our city to look are being used to beautify public
beautiful. Yet, we rarely pause spaces. In Rajgarh, hundreds of
to consider who clears the kilograms of plastic have been
waste that accumulates around recycled and put to productive
us. Most people presume it is use over the past few months.
someone else's responsibility— In other words, the plastic that
that someone else will handle once polluted the city is now
the cleaning. However, there are contributing to its beauty, thanks
individuals among us whose to the efforts of these women.
mindset serves as a great I congratulate all the sisters
inspiration. I had the opportunity of Biaora and the associates

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