00:00My name is Sachin Gupta and I am the founder of the YSS Foundation.
00:14We started the YSS Foundation three years ago for rural development.
00:21Now we have more than 5,000 members in the YSS Foundation.
00:26They work as a bridge between us and the people around us.
00:32They help us solve our problems.
00:39We have more than 90% of our issues resolved.
00:43We have been working for the last three years and have done more than 200 eco-drives.
00:49Eco-drives are a part of our privacy.
00:52Our children always come to the YSS Foundation.
00:55If you look at the last few years, we had more than 100 children in the YSS Foundation.
01:00We were open from 7 am to 9 am.
01:02If you come to the YSS Foundation, you will find the YSS Foundation on every Sunday.
01:08The problem is that the youth are not aware.
01:12The youth are still sleeping.
01:14The future generations will change after 10-20 years.
01:20Delhi's water level is 70% higher than that of Jammu and Karnataka.
01:2570% of the population is unhealthy.
01:31You will feel good about your physical body.
01:34But when you go to the lab, you will find some diseases.
01:38What is the reason for this?
01:41We can blame anyone for this.
01:44The government is responsible, the people are responsible.
01:46There is industrial waste, chemical waste, medical waste.
01:49But what is the responsibility of the common man?
01:51Doesn't the common man have a share in this?
01:53I am sure the common man has a share in this.
01:55It starts from our homes.
01:57You use samples in your homes.
01:59You wash your clothes.
02:00You use phosphate.
02:01There are a lot of things like phosphate.
02:03That is also a part of this.
02:04You go to the bathroom.
02:05That is also a part of this.
02:06It is a small thing.
02:07You start from home with bio-enzymes.
02:09You start from home with bio-enzymes.
02:11There are small and big industries.
02:13Central Pollution Control Board.
02:15Pollution Control Board.
02:16Every state has its own Pollution Control Board.
02:18Till the time the government is awake,
02:20till the time the 6th Mahaparabha comes,
02:22the media, government, and all this is awake.
02:24As soon as the 6th Mahaparabha ends,
02:26you, the media, the government,
02:28will all disappear like smoke.
02:29After that, this Yamuna,
02:30just like this is happening year after year,
02:33it will continue to increase.
02:35You will not believe what you are seeing.
02:37The white sheet you are seeing,
02:39there is another layer on top of this white sheet.
02:41The chemical is such a strong chemical
02:43that we grasp it in the form of a micro.
02:45You will not believe.
02:46If you stand here for an hour,
02:48even half an hour,
02:49your eyes will burn.
02:50If there is water on the skin,
02:51there will be rashes on the skin.
02:53Along with this,
02:54and you have been here for an hour,
02:56you cannot sleep at night without a nebulizer.
02:58Your breathing problem will increase so much.
03:00You may have to be admitted to the hospital.
03:02You can see that I too,
03:03I have been working here for the last two hours.
03:05I have also started having breathing problems.
03:07We take breaks in between
03:09so that we do not have to stay at home all the time
03:12because the breathing problem is increasing.
03:14It is very easy to blame the government.
03:18We can blame the government.
03:21But where do we fulfill our responsibilities?
03:23You tell me,
03:24if we believe that the population of Delhi is 5 crores,
03:27every person,
03:28just talks about changing the country,
03:30talks about changing the state,
03:31why doesn't he talk about changing his house?
03:33Why doesn't he talk about changing his neighborhood?
03:35You will not be able to change the country.
03:37No matter how much you do,
03:38you will never be able to change the country.
03:39As long as you do not start your house,
03:40you will not start your neighborhood,
03:42you have to change the country.
03:43I want my young friends,
03:44you do not need to change the country.
03:46You just focus on your neighborhood.
03:48The country will change on its own.
04:03What I have done so far,
04:05I arrived here early morning,
04:07around 7.
04:08First of all,
04:09we got our safety gear on,
04:11we started cleaning,
04:12we got to work,
04:13and then more people joined.
04:14Because me and her,
04:15we have been managing everything.
04:18We have to also account for the people that are coming in,
04:20mark them.
04:21This is kind of like an initiative from our university as well.
04:25The university has basically put this course
04:27where we have to volunteer in an organization
04:30for a fixed amount of hours.
04:31I think that is a really good step
04:32because they are pushing all of the students
04:34from all departments
04:35to go do some community outreach.
04:37It's HVTO,
04:38Human Values and Community Outreach.
04:39So we are working on that.
04:40Everybody has a fixed amount of hours.
04:42However, we are not here for hours,
04:43we are here for change.
04:44So,
04:45like for example,
04:46the cleaning,
04:47even when people were sitting there taking a break,
04:49me and her,
04:50we were running there,
04:51we were cleaning as much as possible.
04:52The thing is that,
04:53it is not possible for us,
04:54even 100 of us,
04:55to clean all of Yamuna.
04:56It is not possible for us.
04:57What this can achieve however,
05:00is to instill some energy in the youth.
05:02Some energy.
05:03Like, okay fine,
05:04if somebody sees me,
05:05they can relate to me somehow.
05:07They look at me,
05:08I am from the youth.
05:09So,
05:10they look at me,
05:11that's a young guy,
05:12on the Yamuna,
05:13working to clean the Yamuna.
05:14That might move a specific demographic of people.
05:16Because to move older people,
05:18it doesn't have that much impact
05:20because older people
05:21cannot make that much of a physical impact on cleaning.
05:23They can however,
05:24on policies and obviously voting and everything,
05:26we all know that.
05:27However,
05:28the population dividend of the country being,
05:30India is one of the youngest countries,
05:31in terms of population.
05:33Like,
05:34almost 80% of the population is in the 18-24,
05:3625,
05:37the working range.
05:38So,
05:39that is,
05:40I think,
05:41a very valuable resource to the country.
05:42Like,
05:43there are countries like Japan and Korea,
05:45where people are very old.
05:47And there is the working dividend,
05:48the population dividend is very small.
05:50I think that it is a blessing,
05:51to India,
05:52that our youth is so big,
05:53and it is so large in numbers.
05:55And I think that should be utilized.
05:56Like for example,
05:57the youth today,
05:58they are cleaning,
05:59they are handling stuff,
06:00they are cleaning,
06:01they are helping each other,
06:02they are making a difference,
06:04they are inspiring others to work.
06:07We have also had people from outside the organization,
06:09come and help.
06:10We have had a local come here and help,
06:11talk to us,
06:12talk to reporters before.
06:14And it is really nice to see,
06:15people being inspired,
06:16finally inspired by,
06:17like,
06:18it is not possible for one person,
06:19to make a change,
06:20but they can start one.
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