Published 11:37 IST, October 11th 2019

Diesel - Dog who fought plastic on Mumbai's beaches - passes away

Afroz Shah, the man behind Mumbai's largest beach clean-up drive, expressed his grief over the demise of Diesel who helped him clean Versova beach

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Afroz Shah, man behind Mumbai's largest beach clean-up drive at Versova beach expressed his grief over his dog friend- Diesel who helped him and his team in clean up - passing away. According to Shah, whenever Diesel would see any plastic on beach, he would run and pick it up. Diesel passed away on Tuesday night at Versova beach. 

Netizens express condolences

Several people have expressed ir grief over Diesel's death. Some Netizens have also called dog 'a Hero', while ors have stated that animals have a much better way of showing care about environment. 

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According to one of volunteers from beach clean-up drive, he urged Shah to put up a banner with Diesel helping m to clean beach. He also suggested a slogan that says, "If animals can, why t human?"

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About Afroz Shah

Afroz Shah, a young Indian lawyer from Mumbai and an environmental activist is responsible for city's largest Versova beach clean-up drive. Shah has been conducting regular clean-up drives where several people join him as volunteers. Shah calls it 'a date with ocean'. 

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07:49 IST, October 11th 2019