Not Maldives, this is Dadar beach

"When you love your Mother, she loves you 100 times more.” This is not just some other Mother’s Day message, but one dedicated to Mother Nature by way of activists who've spent the remaining 90 weeks cleansing up Dadar seaside.

Chinu Jeet Kwatra and his team of 40 volunteers, who go by way of the title Beach Warriors, gave a becoming tribute to Dadar seaside on Mother’s Day after restoring the 2.Five-km sandy strip of beach again to its former glory.

“Efforts of 90 weeks talk about love. Thank you fascinated with being a part of this journey of affection,” Kwatra posted on social media, at the side of a picture of a spruced up Dadar seaside (see percent above).

The effort used to be visual after 90 weeks of an assiduous cleanliness marketing campaign and one-and-a-half 12 months removing of over 1,000 tonnes of waste. The Dadar seaside rejuvenation project, which is on at full throttle even after 90 weeks, is done by way of a group of volunteers from Beach Warriors, spearheaded by way of Kwatra.

Chinu Kwatra, who spearheaded the motion, tweeted this percent of Dadar seaside on Sunday, which used to be also Mother’s Day, with a message of affection for all who were part of the adventure

It used to be no simple feat as volunteers even performed the function of scavengers by way of coming into the drain and standing for over two hours in sewage water to remove plastic. “From January onwards, we began with sewage blank up. The major objective used to be as a result of plastic used to be getting caught between sand and rocks which diminished the free float of sewage water. Due to this, the drainage between the footpath were given choked up. We had to prevent the rubbish from coming into the ocean. For this reason, we centered the source from where this plastic used to be being generated,” stated Kwatra.

Akshay Mandhare (23), a volunteer from Kalwa, stated, “The major source used to be drainage from where plastic used to be coming. We noticed it used to be choked with plastic. It used to be stinky and untreated sewage used to be flowing. The volunteers had to put on mask and gloves to go into the sewage drain. We didnt need to look forward to the BMC employees. We took it upon ourselves to clean the sewage drain.”

Anish Chavan (17), an FYBCom student and a Mulund resident, stated, “We had been cleansing for over a 12 months. We removed around 4 tonnes of plastic. Despite the ban, people are still throwing plastic. There used to be also a large number of micro-plastic as smartly, like shampoo and milk pouches.”

Swarup Tokal (21), a Beach Warrior and a resident of Diva, stated the cleansing of drains will prevent flooding this monsoon. “It is disheartening to peer the condition of our sewage. The more we remove the plastic, the fewer drains will choke and this may increasingly prevent flooding. The mess is created by way of us and what better option to give again to Mother Nature,” he stated.