Modi and Xi are meeting in the southern town of Mamallapuram, home to centuries old wind-swept temple monuments but also popular with tourists for surfing in its perfect waves. But Modi released a video of himself going "plogging" - an activity where joggers combine their run or walk with picking up the trash - on the beach outside his luxury resort early on Saturday. Also handed over my ‘collection’ to Jeyaraj, who is a part of the hotel staff," he tweeted. Modi has called for an end to the consumption of single-use plastics by 2022. Concerns are growing worldwide about plastic pollution, especially in oceans, where nearly 50% of single-use plastic products end up, killing marine life and entering the human food chain, studies have shown.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2019 14:37 UTC