Overview
- The incident was shown in an Instagram video posted by Surendra Singh Choudhary, known online as Bittu Tabahi, in which a man on a bridge appears to toss a bag of rubbish toward the spot where Tabahi was working.
- Tabahi said he returned to the Ajnar River after Dussehra and Navratri when plastic bags, discarded flower garlands and other waste had accumulated again and he resumed removing the debris wearing protective gloves.
- The clip also captured other people allegedly dumping waste into the river while Tabahi and helpers continued to clear it, highlighting that cleaned areas were quickly re‑polluted.
- The video drew widespread online support for Tabahi and calls for enforcement, with social media users tagging the Madhya Pradesh Police and urging penalties for people who dump waste into rivers.
- Reporting notes previous setbacks for the solo campaign, including an allegedly stolen dustbin, and points to broader limits of individual clean‑ups without better waste infrastructure, public civic sense, or sustained official action.