Mann Ki Baat · 25 January 2026
Episode 130 featured communities reviving a river in Azamgarh and reservoirs in Anantapur, a Gujarat village that eats together, a Kashmiri villager's anti-drug drive, young cleaners in Arunachal Pradesh, two nature-lovers in Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, and millet farmers' companies.
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Group · Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Residents of Azamgarh who brought the Tamsa river back to life after silt, rubbish and filth had choked its flow. They cleaned the river and planted shady fruit trees along its banks, working together out of a sense of duty.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
In drought-hit Anantapur, with its red, sandy soil and long dry spells, local people decided to clean up old reservoirs. With the administration's support, more than ten reservoirs have been revived and are filling again, and over 7,000 trees have been planted.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Place · Chandanki, near Becharaji, Gujarat
A village whose people, especially the elderly, no longer cook at home. For 15 years a community kitchen has cooked for the whole village, people eat together, and meals are delivered to anyone who is ill.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Sheikhgund, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
A resident of Sheikhgund village who, troubled by rising use of drugs, tobacco and alcohol, brought young people and elders together against it. Shops in the village stopped selling tobacco products and awareness of the dangers of drugs grew.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Faridpur, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
An organisation that for four decades has cared for children and the elderly, runs gurukul-style education and teacher training, and takes up other social welfare work.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Young people in Itanagar who began cleaning neglected public spaces and spread their drive to Naharlagun, Doimukh, Seppa, Palin and Pasighat. They have removed more than 11 lakh kilograms of rubbish so far.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Cooch Behar, West Bengal
A Cooch Behar resident who has spent years making his district greener, planting thousands of trees, often paying for saplings and their care himself and working with local people, students and civic bodies. Roadsides there are noticeably greener.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Panna district, Madhya Pradesh
A forest beat guard who noticed on patrol that the forest's medicinal plants were not recorded anywhere. He identified more than 125 of them, with photographs, uses and locations; the Forest Department published his work as a book used by researchers and students.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu
A farmer producer company of about 800 women farmers who set up a millet processing unit and now sell millet products directly to the market.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Ramsar, Rajasthan
A company of more than 900 farmers, mainly pearl millet growers, who process their crop into ready-to-eat laddus that are in strong demand.
As described in Mann Ki Baat