When Ash From Crop Fires Reached His Home, This 16-YO Led 30 ‘Student Guardians’ To Predict Fires Using AI

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• Sk Reezaal Arafat, 16, noticed ash settling around his home in Medinipur, West Bengal, and traced it to farmers burning crop waste.
• He built SATARK, a student-led project started in December 2025, to identify crop-burning risks before fires start.