New Delhi, May 31 -- Highlighting the success of the central government's river rejuvenation initiatives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his 134th "Mann Ki Baat" address on Sunday, lauded the country's first dedicated dolphin rescue ambulance, built under the 'Namami Gange Abhiyan', for successfully saving a trapped Gangetic dolphin in Uttar Pradesh.

The Prime Minister drew attention to a viral video showing a meticulous, 13-hour operation to save the mammal, which had got trapped in a canal.

"India's first Ganga dolphin rescue ambulance played a huge role in this. This incident took place in Uttar Pradesh. A Gangetic dolphin was trapped in a canal there. At that time, this ambulance, built under the 'Namami Gange Abhiyan', reache...