‘Mann Ki Baat’: PM praises Bengaluru’s Suresh Kumar for contribution to environment

Team Udayavani, Oct 30, 2022, 4:08 PM IST

Bengaluru: A nature lover from Bengaluru received praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, October 30 during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ speech.

The nature lover in question is Suresh Kumar, a resident of Sahakara Nagar.

Modi said, “20-plus years ago Suresh decided to bring back life to a forest around his residence in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. His decision was full of challenges. The saplings that were planted that time have now turned into 40 feet trees.”

“Apart from this Suresh has also built a bus shelter and gifted brass plates with the Kannada language written on it to people to promote Kannada and the culture of the state. He taught a lesson to the entire nation and he is an inspiration to the youngsters of this country,” PM Modi added.

ಸುರೇಶ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಪರಿಸರ ಕುರಿತು ಅತೀವ ಕಾಳಜಿ ತೋರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇಂದು #MannKiBaat ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/Wpj9jbB9kU

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 30, 2022

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai also praised Suresh Kumar.

Taking to Twitter Bommai wrote,”Suresh’s selfless servicehas received praise by Prime Minister Shri @NarendraModi in his Mann Ki Baat today. Hearty congratulations to Suresh Kumar. Your service is an inspiration to many people.”

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಸಹಕಾರ ನಗರದ ನಿವಾಸಿ, ಪರಿಸರ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರೇಮಿ ಸುರೇಶ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ರವರ ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಸೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಪರಿಸರ ಕಾಳಜಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿ ಶ್ರೀ @NarendraModi ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಇಂದಿನ ಮನ್ ಕೀ ಬಾತ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಕ್ತಕಂಠದಿಂದ ಶ್ಲಾಘಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) October 30, 2022