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Madhya Pradesh River Choked With Garbage Again After Months of Hard Work
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 15:13
Madhya Pradesh River Choked With Garbage Again After Months of Hard Work
- •Surendra Singh Choudhary, known as Bittu Tabahi, found the Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh covered in plastic bags and rubbish just weeks after cleaning it.
- •Choudhary previously spent eight months removing tonnes of garbage from the river alone and without sophisticated equipment.
- •Instead of giving up, Choudhary returned to the water to remove the waste bag by bag and asked social media users for more efficient cleaning suggestions.
- •The viral video drew widespread reactions, with users praising his persistence while expressing frustration over public littering and calling for municipal fines.
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Surendra Singh Choudhary, known as Bittu Tabahi, found the Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district covered in plastic bags and rubbish again just weeks after spending eight months clearing its banks.
He travelled to Delhi to participate in a cleanup drive along the Yamuna riverbank for World Cleanup Day, supported by Philip Morris, where his team removed 585 kg of waste.
Boyan Slat, the founder and CEO of the Netherlands-based environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup, extended a job offer to him on X after his river-cleaning efforts went viral.
