Dadar beach is once again clean and visitable

Mumbai’s Dadar Beach is once again visitable, thanks to Malhar, a resident of Dadar. Malhar started cleaning the Dadar beach back in September 2017, along with his friends, and it soon turned into a community work that involved more than 20000 Mumbai residents.
Malhar, the founder of Beach Please, has now won the V-Award by the United Nations Volunteers India. Supported by UNICEF, the award encourages young people to work hard for their world and bring about positive change. Malhar’s initiative to clean Dadar Beach resulted in the cleaning of close to 1000 tonnes of waste getting cleaned.
The beach
Dadar Chowpatty Beach in the city, until recently, had transformed into a garbage dumping place, and was not really a much sought-after beach destination in the city. Neglect over the years had caused it to fall on hard times. Also, shacks and eateries are missing from the beach, and so visitors are not easily interested to come to the beach. Even though the government did try to clean and beautify the place, it was a constant challenge. Now, with Malhar and gang ridding the beach of all the waste material, people are more likely to be interested in visiting it.
Of course, at the end of the day, it is up to the visitors to keep the beach clean. If you happen to visit Dadar Beach and soak in the transformation, do think of the efforts put into it and do not litter.