PM Modi in Odisha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday felicitated Kamala Maharana who was mentioned in the Prime Minister’s 98th edition of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on February 26 for her waste-to-wealth initiative. In emotional moment PM Modi during his rally in Kendrapada bowed down before Kamala Maharana.
Kamala Maharana, a 63-year-old woman of Odisha who got mentioned in the Prime Minister’s 98th edition of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on February 26 for her waste-to-wealth initiative. Maharana is quite elated now as PM Modi is most likely to wear a rakhi made by her Wednesday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
Kamala Maharana, best known as Kamala Mausi who lives in Gulnagar area of Kendrapara city, runs a women's self-help group (SHG). Her SHG group makes household articles from discarded milk pouches and other plastic materials. Prime Minister in his ‘Maan Ki Baat’ programme had highlighted Kamala Mausi's work, saying she has given a new dimension to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. During this programme, he called her his ‘sister.’