2019.09.15 14:19 GMT+8

People voluntarily clean up plastic at Mumbai beach

Updated 2019.09.15 14:19 GMT+8
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City civil authorities and local volunteers collected plastic waste during a cleanup activity, led by lawyer and environmentalist Afroz Shah, at the Versova beach in Mumbai, India, on Saturday. /VCG Photo

Titled "This report is an alarm for all of us," a study released by Indian Institute of Technology earlier in September predicted that Mumbai's seas might have more plastic than fish by 2050. /VCG Photo

To fight severe plastic pollution, Indian authorities started a strict plastic ban by fining plastic bags and sentencing repeat offenders to jail since 2018. /VCG Photo

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