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waste from the city. Garbage      are  determined,  change    is
          Cafes are being run in Ambikapur.   bound to take place.
          These are cafes where you get a      Friends,  I  want to  share
          full meal in exchange for plastic   another  example  of  an effort
          waste. If someone brings over     towards change. As you all
          one kilogram of plastic, they     know, just as there are forests
          are provided with either lunch    in  the  mountains  and  plains,
          or  dinner,  and  in  lieu  of  half  a   which  bind  the soil  together,
          kilogram of plastic, they get     mangroves   have   a   similar
          breakfast.  These  cafes  are  run   importance on the seashores.
          by the Ambikapur Municipal        Mangroves grow in the salty
          Corporation.                      water and marshy land of the
              Friends,  Similarly, engineer   sea and are an important part
          Kapil Sharma ji has done          of the marine ecosystem. These
          something    remarkable     in
          Bengaluru. Bengaluru is called
          the city of Lakes, and Kapil ji has
          started a campaign to give a
          new life to the lakes here. Kapil ji's
          team has rejuvenated 40 wells
          and 6 lakes in Bengaluru and
          surrounding areas. The special
          thing is that he has also involved
          corporates and local people in
          his mission.
              His organization is also
          associated with tree plantation
          campaigns. Friends, Ambikapur
          and Bengaluru – these inspiring
          examples show that when you

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