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‘People laughed at me’: Indian youth cleans up a trash-filled river
A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.
![Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament House on the opening day of the monsoon session, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 20, 2026. [AP Photo/Sanjeev Rastogi]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1788468105.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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