Young climate activist launches mission to rid plastic waste in India

NEW DELHI: Ten-year-old local weather activist Licypriya Kangujam made nationwide headlines in June when she drew India’s consideration to plastic air pollution surrounding the famend Taj Mahal.

With a cardboard placard in hand and the well-known monument as her background, Kangujam posed by the trash-filled Yamuna river financial institution in Agra. Because the photograph gained traction on social media and prompted authorities to conduct a clean-up, it additionally introduced nationwide recognition to her environmental activism.

“It was one of many greatest successes in my activism thus far,” Kangujam advised Arab Information.