Published 17:18 IST, September 9th 2019

PM Modi urges stop on use of single-use plastic, Bear Grylls applauds

Hours after PM Modi urged the world to say 'goodbye to single-use plastic' during his address in the 14th COP Summit on Monday, Bear Grylls backed him

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Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged world to say 'goodbye to single-use plastic' during his dress in  14th Conference of Parties (COP Summit) on Monday, television presenter Bear Grylls backed him. Taking to Twitter, he responded on PM Modi's statement taht India has decided to ban use of single-use plastic. He said that it is great moment to conserve future of world. 

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PM Modi on Single-use plastic

PM Modi on Monday at a session of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Greater ida,stated that menace of plastic waste is a form of land degration. dressing garing based on me 'Investing in Land, Unlocking Opportunities', PM Modi said, "I call upon leership of UNCCD to create a global water action nda which is central to land degration neutrality strategy."  He also ded, "Apart from having verse health implications, use of plastic is going to render lands unproductive and unfit for agriculture."

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PM Modi said that India is w committed to development of environment-friendly substitutes and also has an efficient plastic collection and plastic disposable method. According to PM Modi, human empowerment is closely linked to state of environment. He stated that even if a number of frameworks are introduced, implementation of any plan is possible with teamwork. In his speech, he gave an example of India's Swachh Bharat Mission where he gave statistics of sanitation cover.

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PM Modi and Bear Grylls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi featured in Discovery channel's show 'Man Vs Wild' with Bear Grylls, which aired on television of August 12. It was officially declared world’s most trending televised event. anuncement was me by Bear Grylls on Twitter wherein he informed that with 3.6 billion impressions, Man Vs Wild featuring PM Modi has beaten Super Bowl 53 which h 3.4 billion social impressions.  In episode, walking through wild and taking a ride on a cold river in a makeshift boat were some of things that Prime Minister put up. With survivalist Bear Grylls, PM promoted a cause close to his heart-protecting nature. On Discovery channel's, "Man Vs Wild with Bear Grylls and Prime Minister Modi", he braved rain and cold in jungles of Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, and as host put it, PM was a "great sport".

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16:35 IST, September 9th 2019