Mumbai

On Friday, the brigade of 56 people started collecting the plastic that was suffocating the mangrove trees.

With its motto of 'Art for All', the Start Urban Art Festival for Sassoon Dock Art Project kickstarted on November 11 and will run until December 30, 2017.

Here's taking a look at the impact that BMC’s waste management initiative has had on the city's garbage collectors.

On November 19, which is World Toilet Day, the campaign activists will approach Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and raise issues of open defecation.

Kususm along with a few friends started an initiative called Balika to support adolescent girls like her in getting an education.

Shruti and Sunil Agarwal have actively protected the Seawoods Lake in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, from builders and bureaucrats, for three years now.

The members have installed a compost machine, and today, most of the wet waste generated is transformed into compost and used on the gymkhana's cricket field. They supply the surplus to the BMC and neighbouring societies.

The childhood fascination with storytelling began seamlessly flowing into their ideas and soon paper cut art walked its way into the lives of Hari Panicker & Deepti Nair, which saw the duo experimenting with paper cut shadow boxes.

While most of us might laud the young man for his selfless service, not many know that he has been carrying on his good samaritan work since the last 18 years.

"When you do the right thing, the universe protects you and enables you to do more good. So just stand up and do the right thing.”