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120 km Walk and 20 Tons of Garbage Collected by Nagaraj Bajal
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News18•18-10-2026, 14:25
120 km Walk and 20 Tons of Garbage Collected by Nagaraj Bajal
- •Nagaraj Bajal, Mangalurus green soldier, walked about 120 km from Sampaje on the Kodagu border to Mangaluru to raise awareness about cleanliness.
- •During the expedition from October 9 to 17, he collected an astounding 20 tons of roadside garbage and handed it over to the local panchayats for disposal.
- •Walking with a nameplate on his shoulder and a jute sack in hand, he educated the public at bus stops and auto stands about segregating dry and wet waste.
- •His primary aspiration is that even if five people change their mindset and stop littering, his monumental effort will be truly worthwhile.
- •Actively running cleanliness campaigns since 2021, Nagaraj currently works as a project manager at Hasirudala, a Bengaluru-based NGO.
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Nagaraj Bajal undertook a cleanliness expedition to raise public awareness about roadside littering and to spread the message that cleanliness is the responsibility of every citizen, not just the government or local bodies. He hopes that if at least five people stop throwing garbage on the roadside, his effort will be worthwhile.
Nagaraj Bajal collected a whopping 20 tons of garbage littered along the roadside while walking about 120 km from Sampaje on the Kodagu border to Mangaluru.
The cleanliness expedition took place from October 9 to October 17, during which he walked an average distance of 12 km daily over a total span of about 120 km.
