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Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) An ambitious river cleaning programme that has quietly transformed the way plastic waste is intercepted in the Kerala capital has crossed a major milestone, with more than 1,000 tonnes of plastic waste recovered from Thiruvananthapuram’s rivers and canals over the past four years before it could flow into the Arabian Sea.The achievement, equivalent to removing nearly 50 million plastic bottles from the city’s waterways, is being seen as a demonstration of how su…