river cleanup

Jharkhand’s Gaurav Anand left his 16-year-long corporate career to make unique handloom sarees by extracting fibre from water hyacinths, a type of freshwater weed, while helping 450 women earn a livelihood.

As COVID-19 cases are on a steady rise and lockdown has affected thousands of wage earners, this IAS officer made the most of the situation and optimised the available resources to solve two problems.

A two-kilometre stretch of Sarswati river is sewage free with thriving aquatic life all thanks to the stellar efforts of Indore Municipal Commissioner, Asheesh Singh.

On the one hand, where most of us are silent about environmental degradation, people like Katragadda are proof that even the efforts of ordinary citizens, can lead to significant and long-lasting change.

The largest tomb is in ‘remembrance’ of Miss Kerala, a beautiful native freshwater fish — and has already prompted 200 individuals to pledge against single-use plastic! #SayNoToPlastic

Still looking for a motivation for doing a selfless act? Meet Sathya Natarajan who has been making a difference in the fields of menstrual hygiene, tree protection, river cleanup, gender empowerment and education for decades!

Malhar Kalambe started "Beach Please" in 2017 to make Dadar beach waste-free. For his efforts he was an award by the United Nations

On National River Day on November 28, the Pune Municipal Corporation pledged to dedicate one day a week for a year to clean the rivers of Mula and Mutha.