Overview
- ICG reported 26,092 participants across all coastal states and union territories on September 20, 2025.
- In Mumbai, cleanups at Girgaon Chowpatty and Juhu drew about 1,000 volunteers who removed roughly 3,000 kg of waste with BMC support.
- At Visakhapatnam’s RK Beach, ICG District 6 collected approximately 600 kg of recyclable plastic and about 700 kg of other dry waste.
- INCOIS and local partners cleared around 100 kg at Ponnani in Kerala, while AWCS with HCLFoundation removed 1,626 kg at Kothapatnam in Andhra Pradesh with marine police support.
- NCC, NSS, schools, corporations, and civic groups joined nationwide, as parallel California efforts logged early counts of 19,987 volunteers and about 89 tons of trash and recyclables.