Activists create awareness about plastic pollution by displaying a globe filled with plastic waste at a World Environment Day event at Tank Bund, in Hyderabad.
From Cleanups To Campaigns, India Comes Together For World Environment Day
From cleaning up water bodies, to staging protests for environmental protection, citizens across India marked the World Environment Day by spreading awareness and initiating action. This community engagement from various parts of the country strengthens our resolve to protect our environment with grit and urgency.
Stubble burning on World Environment Day in West Bengal
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A man burns stubble in a field, on ‘World Environment Day’, in Nadia district, West Bengal.
World Environment Day in Srinagar
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Boatmen clean Dal Lake on World Environment Day, in Srinagar.
Environment activists protest in Thane
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Citizens and members of an NGO stage a protest at Kawesar Lake on Ghodbunder Road, opposing proposed construction that could harm the lake’s natural ecosystem, on the occasion of World Environment Day, in Thane, Mumbai.
Cleaning of a drain on World Environment Day in Bhopal
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A municipal corporation worker operating a backhoe loader removes garbage from a drain, on ‘World Environment Day’, in Bhopal.
Cleanliness drive in Mumbai on World Environment Day
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Volunteers participate in a beach cleanup drive on the Arabian Sea coast at Mahim Beach on World Environment Day, in Mumbai.
Cleanliness drive at Girgaon Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai
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Maharashtra Minister of Environment and Climate Change Pankaja Munde with volunteers and others during a cleanliness drive at Girgaon Chowpatty Beach on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’, in Mumbai.
World Environment Day in Chennai
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A man unloads plastic and waste material at a garbage site on World Environment Day, in Chennai.
Plastic waste floats near the Vizhinjam Fishing Harbour in Thiruvananthapuram
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An egret lands on plastic waste afloat near the Vizhinjam Fishing Harbour, on the eve of 'World Environment Day', in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
World Environment Day
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A vendor hangs a teddy bear toy wrapped in plastic on World Environment Day in Chennai.
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