<p>Recently, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Praveen Pardeshi gave a presentation about its plans to rejuvenate the Mithi River to Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray and Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam. Post which, the young Thackeray scion took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share his experience of reviewing the Mithi river plans.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today Hon&rsquo;ble Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi ji presented the Mithi river rejuvenation review of on going work to Env Min <a href="https://twitter.com/iramdaskadam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iramdaskadam</a> ji, UNEP former head and passionate environmentalist <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikSolheim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ErikSolheim</a> and champion of environment <a href="https://twitter.com/AfrozShah1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AfrozShah1</a> . <a href="https://t.co/HLUsMKAn17">pic.twitter.com/HLUsMKAn17</a></p>
&mdash; Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) <a href="https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1143849571698823169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p>While sharing the pictures with his followers on Twitter, Aaditya Thackeray wrote: Today Hon'ble Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi ji presented the Mithi river rejuvenation review of ongoing work to Env Minister Ramdas Kadam ji, UNEP former head, and passionate environmentalist Erik Solheim and champion of the environment Afroz Shah.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Inaugurated the Gazdarbandh Pumping Station today. Extremely happy to do so, as with this pumping station, a lot of Bandra West, Juhu, Santacruz will have relief from waterlogging. This station can pump out 36,000 litres of water per second to help us give relief to Mumbaikars. <a href="https://t.co/MjxTzV3I5N">pic.twitter.com/MjxTzV3I5N</a></p>
&mdash; Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) <a href="https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1144139105451696128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p>Post that event, Aaditya Thackeray once again took to Twitter and tweeted a photograph of a drain in Mumbai. Thackeray, who was inaugurating the Gazdarbandh Pumping Station took to social media to share a rather disturbing picture of a drain filled with plastic bottles.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what we do to our beloved city and the <a href="https://twitter.com/mybmc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mybmc</a> cleans for us! This is one chamber at one pumping station in one nullah. Imagine the rest. Let&rsquo;s not do this to our city. Let&rsquo;s not litter. <a href="https://t.co/tSspOFb5WW">pic.twitter.com/tSspOFb5WW</a></p>
&mdash; Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) <a href="https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1144146159239172096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p>While sharing the picture of one of the chambers of the pumping station which was filled with plastic litter, Aaditya captioned it: This is what we do to our beloved city and the BMC cleans for us! This is one chamber at one pumping station in one nullah. Imagine the rest. Let's not do this to our city. Let's not litter.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-bmc-may-finally-approve-bid-for-plastic-recycling/21207197" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Mumbai: BMC may finally approve bid for plastic recycling</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p>In the post, Aaditya is seen requesting the citizens of Mumbai asking them not to litter. This isn't the first time that Aditya Thackery has spoken about civic issues and responsibilities. A look at his Twitter account proves that the young Thackeray leader has been vocal about calling for a ban on plastic use.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Here's how netizens reacted to Aaditya Thackeray's 'Eye Opener' picture on plastic litter:</strong></span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why do we blame <a href="https://twitter.com/mybmc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mybmc</a> for everything?<br />We people of Mumbai are responsible for that. We should not throw garbages anywhere.</p>
&mdash; &agrave;&ordf;u00c2u0095&agrave;&laquo;u00c2u008c&agrave;&ordf;&para;&agrave;&ordf;&sup2;&agrave;&laquo;u00c2u0087&agrave;&ordf;&para; Tiwari.&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0087&reg;&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0087&sup3; (@kaushut) <a href="https://twitter.com/kaushut/status/1144146836946608128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Aditya, need Govt push so big companies set collection centers across nooks n corners. Its actually simple through regular Raddi Wallas by giving Technical platform for collection and selling back to big players like Coke, Pepsi, Parle etc. Let's make <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SwiggyZomatoOfWaste?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SwiggyZomatoOfWaste</a></p>
&mdash; Vivek Raghuwanshi (@VRaghuwanshi) <a href="https://twitter.com/VRaghuwanshi/status/1144177025621663744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perhaps Shaming Littering! Fines by police! USA went hard on pollution in 70&rsquo;s campaigns. The sense of pride to not litter was instilled for years. POINT IT OUT! Point at people who trash India. Every Body point it out. Shame them a bit. They will stop &eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008f&eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u008f&raquo;</p>
&mdash; jim Dunne (@JimDunne64) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimDunne64/status/1144212483521110016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ban plastic completely. We need somebody to put &agrave;&curren;&iexcl;&agrave;&curren;u00c2u0082&agrave;&curren;&iexcl;&agrave;&curren;&frac34; on us all the time.</p>
&mdash; BIREN BHATT (@birenbhatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/birenbhatt/status/1144207386313314305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teaching of simple civic sense is becoming more and more important now. Rather than fining citizens they should be asked to do community service or take cleanliness drives with authority for monitoring.</p>
&mdash; Darsshan Udaani (@darsshanudaani) <a href="https://twitter.com/darsshanudaani/status/1144181708205506566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Mumbaikars please cooperate &amp; don't throw waste on road.</p>
&mdash; Amit Bhadricha - &agrave;&curren;u00c2u0085&agrave;&curren;&reg;&agrave;&curren;&iquest;&agrave;&curren;&curren; &agrave;&curren;&shy;&agrave;&curren;&frac34;&agrave;&curren;&brvbar;&agrave;&yen;u00c2u008d&agrave;&curren;&deg;&agrave;&yen;u00c2u0080&agrave;&curren;u00c2u009a&agrave;&curren;&frac34; (@AmitBhadricha) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmitBhadricha/status/1144147804689797121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Swacch Bharat!</p>
&mdash; Kishan Sharma (@KishuOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/KishuOfficial/status/1144146338067570688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Enforce rules strictly</p>
&mdash; Ashutosh Dhamankar (@AshutoshDhamank) <a href="https://twitter.com/AshutoshDhamank/status/1144158084643733504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">People should think.hope for the best. <a href="https://twitter.com/mybmc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mybmc</a> we appreciate ur work.</p>
&mdash; amol arun kenjale (@akenjale) <a href="https://twitter.com/akenjale/status/1144209936185884673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eye opener tweet &eth;u00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008d</p>
&mdash; Charuhas (@charuhasmujumd1) <a href="https://twitter.com/charuhasmujumd1/status/1144182102470119425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fine should be levied. No litter sign boards should be installed. Else the mess continues and nobody seems to care</p>
&mdash; vidya dilip (@vidyaad) <a href="https://twitter.com/vidyaad/status/1144177719552253953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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