With bare hands, lone warrior 'Bittu Tabahi' cleans up dumpyard of a river
Surendra Singh Choudhary, a 21-year-old student from Madhya Pradesh, has gained national recognition for single-handedly cleaning a polluted river in his hometown. His grassroots environmental activism has earned him praise from the Chief Minister and inspired plans to expand his cleanup efforts to other public spaces.
Why it matters
It highlights the impact of individual civic action in addressing local environmental degradation where municipal efforts have failed.
BHOPAL: His online followers know him as 'Bittu Tabahi'. In reality, Surendra Singh Choudhary is the exact opposite of what the moniker 'Tabahi', meaning destruction, implies.For the past seven months, this 21-year-old BSc student has been a solitary warrior against civic mess and pollution in his hometown, Biaora in MP's Rajgarh district, picking up plastic bottles, tangled weeds and other solid waste from Ajnar river, which had virtually become a dumpyard.With no heavy machinery or protective gear at his disposal, he removed the garbage with his bare hands, often at great risk to his health.Bittu's dogged pursuit has helped restore a section of the river, earning him widespread praise across the country and an invite from CM Mohan Yadav Saturday.
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