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life of the people through various   during our National Games as well.
                                           presented brass plates written in           measures. There is complete        With the theme ‘Judega India to
                                           Kannada to hundreds of people.              focus on Solar Energy, Biogas, Bee   Jeetega India’, national games,
                                           If both Ecology and Culture grow            Keeping and Bio Fertilizers. Overall,   on the one hand, have given a
                                           together and flourish…, just imagine        Bio-Village-2.0 is going to lend a   strong message of unity, and on
                                           how great it would be!                      lot of strength to the campaign    the  other, have promoted  India’s
                                              Friends,    today,    more
                                                                                       against climate change.  I am      sports culture. You will be happy
                                           awareness is being seen among               very happy to see the increasing   to know that the National Games
                                           people about eco-friendly living            enthusiasm for environmental       this time was the biggest ever
                                           and eco-friendly products than              protection in different parts of the   organized in India. 36 sports were
                                           ever before. I also got a chance to         country. A few days ago in India,   included in this, in which 7 new
                                           know about one such interesting                                                and two indigenous competitions,
                                           endeavor from Tamil Nadu. This is           Mission LiFE dedicated to protect
                                                                                       the environment has also been      Yogasan and Mallakhamb were
                                           a brilliant effort by a team of tribal      launched. The simple principle of   also included. The three teams
                                           women in Anaikatti, Coimbatore.             Mission LiFE is – Promote such a   that were at the fore in winning
                                           These women crafted ten thousand            lifestyle, which does not harm the   the Gold Medals are – Services
                                           eco-friendly Terracotta Tea Cups            environment. I urge you to also    team, Maharashtra and Haryana
                                           for export. The amazing thing is that
                                                                                       know Mission LiFE and try to adopt   team. Six National Records and
                                           these women themselves took up              it.                                about 60 National Game Records
                                           the entire responsibility of making             Friends, Tomorrow, the 31  of   were also made in these games. I
                                                                                                                  st
                                           the Terracotta Tea Cups. From Clay          October, is National Unity Day, the   congratulate all the players who
                                           Mixing  to Final  Packaging, they           auspicious occasion of  the  birth   won medals, made new records,
                                           did all the work themselves. They                                              and participated in this sports
        rejuvenate a forest of Sahakara    had also taken training for this.           anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai   competition. I also wish these
                                                                                       Patel. On this day, Run for Unity is
        Nagar in the city. It was a difficult   Whatever praise is showered on         organized in every corner of the   players a bright future.
        task. But these saplings that were   this wonderful effort is little.          country. This race strengthens         Friends, I would also like to
        planted 20 years ago have grown       Friends, some villages of                the thread of unity in the country,   express my heartfelt appreciation
        into 40-feet tall huge trees. Now,   Tripura have also set very good           inspires our youth. A few days ago,   to all those people who contributed
        their beauty captivates everyone’s   examples. You must have heard             the same sentiment has been seen   in the successful organization of
        mind. This also gives a feeling of   about Bio-Village, but some villages                                         the National Games held in Gujarat.
        great pride to the people living   of Tripura have ascended to the                                                You have seen that in Gujarat,
        there. Suresh Kumar ji also does   level of Bio-Village 2.0. Bio-Village        NATIONAL GAMES                    the  National Games were  held
        another wonderful job. He has also   2.0 emphasizes how to minimize                                               during Navratri. Before organizing
        built a bus shelter in Sahakara    the damage caused by natural                                                   these games, once it came to my
        Nagar   to  promote   Kannada      disasters. In this, full attention is                  2022                    mind that at this time the whole of
        language and culture. He has also   given to improve the quality of                                               Gujarat is involved in these festivals,
                                                                                           Celebrating Unity

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