On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the first-ever National Creators Award at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital in twenty categories.
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) former scientist Pankti Pandey, received the Green Champion Award for amplifying the message of Mission LiFE. She has urged people to conduct a “waste audit” of the trash being discarded from their homes to ensure zero waste sustainable lifestyle.
During this interaction, PM Modi recounted a popular anecdote of Ahmedabad city.
Asking the audience if they could identify people from Ahmedabad, PM Modi, “I am telling you what I have heard during my childhood, even though I don’t believe in it” “Once a train arrived at a railway station and the passenger on the upper berth asked someone on the other side of the window ‘Which station is this? the Prime Minister said.
“The person on the platform said, ‘Will tell only if you give me char anna (currency unit formerly used in British India)’. The passenger replied, ‘No need, must be Ahmedabad’,” Modi said, evoking laughter from the audience.
Later, the Prime Minister asked her to conduct a detailed study about Mission LiFE and recalled his clarion call to make one’s’ life environment friendly.
(Inputs from ANI)