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Shashidhar Pai
3mo
Need of the hour.
Spiritual Coach
3moIt is better if by govt order the factories manufacturing plastic bags, tissue papers using so many trees, and small plastic bottles for juices are shut down. It is bad for enviornment and as a responsible being for planet, extreme measures are required.