Following the philosophy that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, about 35 residents of Vitthalwadi have adopted a one km stretch of the Mutha river.
Mechanical engineering students Eldho Sunny, Jerin Paul V Shajan, KR Jinu Raj and Amal Prasannan are the masterminds behind the floating machine that can be controlled from the bank of any water resource.
Balbir Singh decided that something had to be done about the domestic and industrial waste that was killing the Kali Bein river – 160 km long tributary of Beas in Doaba region of Punjab.