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Jannat, who is currently studying in the third standard at Linton Hall Public School in Srinagar shouldered the responsibility of contributing towards keeping the lake clean at the tender age of five. Her father Tariq Ahmed was quoted as saying, “I got a call from my friend in Hyderabad who said that my daughter’s name has been included in a school textbook. It was a proud moment for me. A video of Jannat cleaning the lake had gone viral in 2018 and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lauded her efforts on Twitter and also spoke about it on his radio talk show Mann ki Baat.”