New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started his address on the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on All India Radio at 11 am today. Like every month, for this time's programme, Prime Minister Modi had sought his suggestions and complaints from the general public. People have presented their complaints and suggestions through social media in huge statistics.

Prime Minister Modi said that the Ayush industry market is also continuously growing. Six years ago, the market for medicines related to Ayurveda was around 22 thousand crore rupees. Today, the Ayush manufacturing industry is reaching around one lakh forty thousand crore rupees. He said that health is directly related to cleanliness. Swachhagrahi Chandrakishore Patil Ji, who lives in Nashik, Maharashtra. Similarly, another Swachhagrahi is Rahul Maharana of Puri in Orissa. Every Sunday morning, Rahul goes to the pilgrimage sites in Puri and cleans the plastic waste there. He has so far cleaned plastic waste and dirt from hundreds of kilometres.

The Prime Minister said that I come from that state. Where there has always been a lot of water shortage. In Gujarat, these stepwells are called Vav. In a state like Gujarat, Vav plays a very big role. The 'Jal Mandir Yojana' has a very big role in the conservation of these wells or bawdy. Prime Minister Modi said that to build a check dam, rainwater harvesting, individual efforts are also important and collective efforts are also necessary. For example, at least 75 Amrit Sarovar can be built in every district of our country during the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence. Prime Minister Modi said that one of the beauties of 'Mann Ki Baat' is that I get your messages and suggestions in many languages, in many dialects. India's culture, our languages, our dialects, our way of life, the range of food, all these diversities are our great strengths.

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