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Bittu Tabahi ‘heartbroken’ after finding garbage in river he cleaned for 8 months

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Bittu Tabahi ‘heartbroken’ after finding garbage in river he cleaned for 8 months
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Environmental activist Bittu Tabahi expressed frustration after finding the Ajnar River polluted again just months after he led a massive cleanup effort. The incident has sparked a public conversation about civic responsibility and the sustainability of volunteer-led environmental projects.

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It underscores the systemic challenges in waste management and the limitations of individual activism in addressing large-scale environmental degradation.

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BHOPAL: After spending eight months cleaning the Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh, environmental activist and content creator Bittu Tabahi has returned to find garbage dumped along its banks again.In an Instagram video, Bittu expressed disappointment over the river’s condition and showed himself removing waste once more, prompting social media users to question the lack of civic sense and praise his continued efforts."I never imagined that eight months of my hard work would go to waste like this," Bittu wrote as the caption of the video shared on Instagram.Bittu Tabahi returns to clean Ajnar RiverBittu explained that he carries his own equipment and wears gloves before beginning the cleanup to protect himself. He said he first removes garbage from the riverbank and then steps into the water to retrieve waste, despite not knowing how to swim.

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