• By Aalok Sensharma
  • Sat, 12 Oct 2019 10:42 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Mamallapuram | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Mamallapuram to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, was seen plogging at a beach in the historic city of Tamil Nadu.

The Prime Minister also posted a video of him on Twitter plogging at the beach. He also urged the citizens to keep the public places ‘clean’ and ‘tidy’.

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“Plogging at a beach in Mamallapuram this morning. It lasted for over 30 minutes. Also handed over my ‘collection’ to Jeyaraj, who is a part of the hotel staff. Let us ensure our public places are clean and tidy! Let us also ensure we remain fit and healthy,” said PM Modi while sharing the video.

The Prime Minister, in his monthly radio program, had hailed plogging. PM Modi praised the efforts of India’s first ‘plogger’ Ripudaman Belvi who launched the campaign to pick up litter while jogging. 

What is plogging?

Plogging is a combination of jogging and picking up litter. It started as an organised activity in Sweden around 2016, according to reference available on the internet. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running, hiking, or walking.

Meanwhile, the PM Modi arrived in Mamallapuram on Friday to hold an informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was the second informal summit between the two leaders. The two had earlier met in Wuhan for their first informal summit.

During the meeting on Friday, the two leaders talked about a range of issues, including trade deficit.

"The discussion stressed over 150 minutes and it was well beyond the planned time for conversation. The discussions were very open and cordial. This was quality time that the two leaders spent together one-on-one," said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.

Gokhale said both sides vowed to work together so that radicalisation and terrorism do not affect the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies of the two nations.