Why Lachen Is One of India's Cleanest Villages
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Lachen, Sikkim enforces single-use plastic checks on vehicles heading to Gurudongmar Lake, one of India's highest glacial lakes, as part of community-driven sustainability initiatives building on Sikkim's 1998 decision to become India's first state to ban plastic bags.
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