Afroz Shah- A common man with extraordinary vision

We all love the sight of beautiful sea flowing onto our feet and we see a sunset in front of our eyes. This beautiful sight is expected by us if we go to any destination where beaches are there. Likewise, Mumbai is just  not famous for bollywood stars but also for its beauty of beaches. The reality is just opposite as most of the beaches in Mumbai is now a pure representation of dump, plastics  and all sorts of wastage. This is my personal experience of going to Juhu beach and expecting the beautiful sight and getting exactly opposite experience. Seeing this view of wastage in sea, I felt really bad and it really made me sad. I know that most of us would have felt in the same way but did we think of doing anything,  I don't think so.

Afroz Shah, a common man who also loved roaming around Versova beach as he had played there when he was a kid but when he grew up, this beach has lost its beauty which really affected him and urged him to do something extraordinary. A common man with extraordinary vision as he started cleaning this beach his hands and motivated many volunteers to work for this beach so that it can revive its beauty. This is noted to be the biggest citizen initiative to clean the beach, it took 109 weeks for him and his volunteers to show the world the citizen power and love for nature. It was his hard work that he was recognised by many actors and actresses  and they through twitter supported him. Even, the Big B came to the  beach and helped Alfoz to clean the beach. Afroz's journey was difficult as BMC many times interrupted in his working. Afroz now cleans Versova beach every sunday with the same passion and commitment. Through this bog I would like to appeal to everyone who love to travel to beaches, mountains and rivers to see its beauty, let us do our part of  not throwing waste, plastics into these bodies so that the beauty can be maintained.