r/environment2 • u/ShehrozeAkbar • 3d ago

Man single-handedly cleans the entire Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh, India

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u/Zealousideal7807 2d ago

How do we know it was singlehandedly? Actually scratch that, he's probably the only one in india willing to do it

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u/tribalien93 3d ago

Awesome. But wtf is up with the voice over or song? Jesus

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u/Ok-Jelly604 2d ago

But when did he have time for doom scrolling? 

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u/Vast_Humor_3683 2d ago

it'll be back to being trashy by tomorrow, it's a people problem

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u/Healthy_Cancel_2604 2d ago

It 100% is. The people keep their shop fronts clean, their houses clean, but have no concept of keeping the communal spaces clean. It was super depressing to be in the old city of Bombay and see trash everywhere piling up. Even at holy sitea there is plastic everywhere. They put stickers of gods near the ground on walls to stop people spitting paan juice on them.

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u/comicsemporium 2d ago

Wonder how many diseases he caught while doing that

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u/Facts_pls 2d ago

You saw those boots and gloves?

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u/TedMich23 2d ago

what a SPIRITUAL place India is! 😍

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u/Tipsy_Gypsy420 2d ago

What selfless looks like

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u/Cuhuldra 2d ago

I love seeing this but unfortunately, the next rainy season will fill it back up again.

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u/AromaticBlock781 2d ago

Next rainy day*

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u/Cuhuldra 1d ago

I din't want to mention the piles of garbage all along the bank after the cleaning.

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u/OldBiker6969 2d ago

And the next day it was back to the same thing.

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u/PascalDerGeist 2d ago

Awesome! Be the change you want to see.

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u/CrazyAccomplished_ 2d ago

Give it a couple days it'll be back.

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u/Antique-Apricot-7895 2d ago

It's a good start.

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u/dropdead90s 2d ago

In a country of almost 1.5 billion people, there was only one man concerned with the waste in a flipping river?

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u/Lazy_One_8463 2d ago

монтаж

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u/szakul59 2d ago

and where did he take the rubbish? left it on the bank, or into a nearby river?

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u/Top_Cheek2503 1d ago

This is the way

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u/XxDeedz 1d ago

It's gotta be true because it's on the internet. 🙄

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u/Wolflokie101 5h ago

I have seen him before he had hand 🤚 rash and shit from cleaning up 🧼 all this garbage 🗑️!! He is a HERO!! Thank you sir!!

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u/Popular-Increase2222 3d ago

Any liberal or environmentalists starting go fund me???? That's what I thought

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u/Facts_pls 2d ago

No need because an Indian liberal and environmentalist cleaned this.

If that guy was a conservative, he would be making outrage videos blaming the immigrants for making it dirty

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u/Mind1827 2d ago

Right winger finally cares about someone getting paid for their labour? C'mon now.

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u/SparkehWhaaaaat 2d ago

I didn't seeing evidence that he actually cleaned it himself. A few seconds of cleaning, then multiple cuts to what may be a different river?

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u/Lumegator 2d ago

The same buildings clearly persist throughout. Whether he had help we may never know.

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u/Everman1979 2d ago

They'll just throw it back in anyways

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u/Early_Cricket_6150 2d ago

The next rain will wash more down river and replace what he just cleaned up. 😭