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    Saalumarada Thimmakka, Also Known As Aala Marada Thimmakka, Is An

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    Vinay Manchala, an environmental activist and architect, inspired by another activist's work, started the 'Earth Needs You Project' to clean up Ameenpur lake near Hyderabad. He and six friends have conducted over 90 clean-up drives of the lake, removing over 10 tons of garbage. Their campaign gained popularity on social media and has led over 200 young people to join and similar clean-up drives to begin at other sites in neighboring states.

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    Vinay Manchala, an environmental activist and architect, inspired by another activist's work, started the 'Earth Needs You Project' to clean up Ameenpur lake near Hyderabad. He and six friends have conducted over 90 clean-up drives of the lake, removing over 10 tons of garbage. Their campaign gained popularity on social media and has led over 200 young people to join and similar clean-up drives to begin at other sites in neighboring states.

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    Vinay Manchala, an environmental activist and architect, inspired by another activist's work, started the 'Earth Needs You Project' to clean up Ameenpur lake near Hyderabad. He and six friends have conducted over 90 clean-up drives of the lake, removing over 10 tons of garbage. Their campaign gained popularity on social media and has led over 200 young people to join and similar clean-up drives to begin at other sites in neighboring states.

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    Saalumarada Thimmakka, Also Known As Aala Marada Thimmakka, Is An

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    Vinay Manchala, an environmental activist and architect, inspired by another activist's work, started the 'Earth Needs You Project' to clean up Ameenpur lake near Hyderabad. He and six friends have conducted over 90 clean-up drives of the lake, removing over 10 tons of garbage. Their campaign gained popularity on social media and has led over 200 young people to join and similar clean-up drives to begin at other sites in neighboring states.

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    Vinay Manchala, 26, 

    and his group of environmental activists belong to this


    new genre, whose work of cleaning up Ameenpur lake has become quite
    infectious and has had a domino effect on the neighbouring States. An
    independent architect who is currently pursuing a Masters in Architecture
    (environmental design) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts
    University (JNAFAU), Vinay was inspired by Sangwan’s work and wanted to
    replicate the same at Ameenpur lake in Sangareddy district, recognised as
    the first biodiversity heritage site in an urban area.
    He, along with his team of six like-minded friends started ‘Earth Needs You
    Project’ and has been cleaning up the floating garbage and litter around the
    lake since March 28, 2021, and would be completing 95 clean-up drives
    there by this Sunday.
    He claims that over 10 tonne of garbage has been cleared by filling it in
    gunny bags and delivering it to municipal garbage collectors till now. The
    plastic and glass bottles are given to the rag-pickers. The campaign found
    acceptance among the youth on social media, and the result was that
    presently around 200 youngsters are engaged in the initiative. As the word
    spread, inspired by this campaign, people started similar drives at Vizag’s
    RK Beach, Vijayawada’s Seetanagaram Ghat, Eluru’s Pampa Cheruvu,
    Suryapet’s Saddula Cheruvu, and also Saroornagar Lake in Hyderabad.

    Saalumarada Thimmakka, also known as Aala Marada Thimmakka, is an


    Indian environmentalist from the state of Karnataka, noted for her work in planting and tending to
    385 banyan trees along a forty-five-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. She
    has also planted nearly 8000 other trees.[5] With the support of her husband, she found solace in
    planting trees.

    On World Environment Day, environmental and human rights activists


    organized the movement to save the twin reservoirs of Himayatsagar
    and Osmansagar. An activist arranged different types of activity at
    Lamakaan’s ‘Jal Jeevan- Save our Sagars’ event
    https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/why-the-apathy-towards-cleanliness/
    article28808582.ece

    One of the major causes for pollution and endemic illness in India is the
    generation and inefficient disposal of waste, especially in urban areas. Samar
    Lahiry in his article in Down to Earth, finds that around 377 million people
    live in 7,935 towns and cities around India and generate about 62 million
    tonnes (MT) of municipal solid waste every year. Of the total waste, only 43
    MT is collected, 11.9 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfills.

    In many cities across India, apathetic civic attitudes and administrative laxity
    have resulted in the accumulation of large quantities of waste, which
    adversely effects the health of people living in nearby areas. A recent example
    of this is the accumulation of around 60,000 tonnes of waste in Prayagraj after
    49 days of the Kumbh Mela, from January 15 to March 4, 2019. The National
    Green Tribunal found that of the 60,000 tonnes, about 18,000 tonnes of solid
    waste had been generated during the Kumbh itself. The nearby waste
    treatment plant has not been operational since September 2018. In few areas,
    liquid waste also percolated down to mix with the ground water.

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