Overview
- Bittu Tabahi posted video on Friday showing plastic and other waste had reappeared along the Ajnar River and he has returned to the site to resume cleaning.
- He said he placed two blue drums as public dustbins to discourage dumping and then found one missing after ropes were cut overnight, according to his Instagram updates.
- The missing bin and the river’s relapse provoked frustrated social media calls for fines, police action and site security, but news reports do not show any confirmed government intervention so far.
- Tabahi’s earlier eight months of cleanup work attracted national and international attention, including praise from Anand Mahindra and an outreach from Boyan Slat of The Ocean Cleanup.
- Local waste collection, regular rubbish pickup, public accountability and simple site protection are needed to hold gains from volunteer cleanups and prevent the work from being undone.