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- A 20-year-old man from Biaora in Madhya Pradesh, Surendra Singh Choudhary (known as Bittu Tabahi), has been cleaning the polluted Ajnar River on his own since January, removing plastic, algae and other waste, with videos of his work going viral.
- Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of Netherlands-based The Ocean Cleanup, responded to a post about his efforts on X with the offer 'Come work for us.'
- Choudhary's work had earlier drawn praise from industrialist Anand Mahindra, and The Ocean Cleanup works on removing plastic from oceans and rivers with a goal of removing 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040.
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- Whether Choudhary accepts or responds to the job offer from The Ocean Cleanup
- Any further support or recognition for his river cleanup efforts following the viral attention
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Anand Mahindra
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“So if a desire for ‘likes’ can become a force for good that’s fine with me. Bittu Tabahi from Biaora is my #MondayMotivation.”
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…man from Biaora, M.P, was criticised for claiming to have cleaned parts of a river just in order to gain social media views. Well, we usually complain that social media rewards the trivial rather than the meaningful. So if a desire for ‘likes’ can become a force for good that’s fine with me. Bittu Tabahi from Biaora is my #MondayMotivation. ” According to The Ocean Cleanup’s official website, Boyan Slat, born on 27 July 1994, is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur who focuses on developing large-scale projects to tackle environmental problems. The…
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