Best out of waste: PM gets 'amazing' gift

50-year-old Gita Devi, a housewife who hails from Samastipur made a basket from garbage and plastic waste. When Gita Devi’s step son Manoj Kumar Jha saw her work, he encouraged her to parcel the same to PM’s office. She did so but had never expected a response from the PM.

PM Modi acknowledged the "amazing" gift and saw a "vast potential of small scale industry" in the woman's craft. He thought the gift made by plastic waste was also an effective tool in his Swachh Bharat project.

Gita's husband Ramchandra Jha is a farmer with a small landholding and her skillful use of waste is limited to a hobby. She has never thought of selling her work.

"Now that we have got encouragement from none other than the prime minister, we feel it can be done. But we lack money to do any business. May be if we get a loan, we can do this," her husband said.

PM Modi himself appreciated the gift and also added many words of praise to it. He said this can be a great initiative and help to government’s Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan and also to small-scale industries. Modi further added that it will reduce plastic garbage and will be an excellent step towards environment protection.

Gita was thrilled to receive a reply from the PM himself. When her family read the letter to her as she is illiterate she said she expressed her feeling with utmost joy.

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