Recognised in Mann Ki Baat, Bandipora’ Bilal Dar Receives Republic Day Invite

SRINAGAR: Bilal Ahmed Dar, acknowledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast in 2017, has not too long ago obtained an invite from the Authorities of India as a visitor to witness the Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path on the seventy fifth Republic Day, twenty sixth January 2024.

“You will have been recognised by the Honourable Prime Minister within the “Mann Ki Baat ” program, and we lengthen a cordial invitation so that you can be our honoured visitor on the Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path throughout the seventy fifth Republic Day on 26 January 2024. Your presence holds significance for this system, and we are going to prepare your keep, meals, and transportation all through the occasion,” reads the invitation letter.

Hailing from the Laharwalpora village in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, Bilal garnered headlines on the age of 18 for his efforts in cleansing Wular Lake and obtained reward from Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his “Mann Ki Baat” radio deal with.

Dar began incomes on the age of 14 by accumulating waste from Wular Lake. Following his father’s sudden demise, he took on the duty of financially supporting his mom and two sisters, participating within the assortment of plastic trash and waste from Wular Lake, incomes roughly Rs 150-200 per day as a ragpicker.

Subsequently, he was appointed because the model ambassador of the Srinagar Municipal Company, outfitted with a particular uniform and a car to facilitate communication with the folks of Srinagar and lift consciousness in regards to the significance of cleanliness