According to an official statement, the initiative, which started on Independence Day 2020, has now expanded to more than 1.25 lakh volunteers across Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Thane and Raigad, collectively removing over 1,200 tonnes of waste from mangrove areas

The Congress chief said PM Modi keeps trumpeting the Jal Jeevan Mission but has not spoken about the deaths linked to contaminated drinking water in Indore. He also alleged that for the past 11 years, the country has been fed “long speeches, lies and deceit, empty promises, and boasts” about the so-called double-engine government