Arabian sea throws back plastic waste on Mumbai beach
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Mumbai beach
A video recently surfaced showing the Mumbai beach littered with mounds of plastic that was washed back ashore. The video was posted to Twitter by MumbaiMatterz, a handle that shares civic matters of concern in Mumbai.
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Sea hits back
The sea seems to have had enough of our destructive qualities and decided to show us up. This is however not the first time it has occurred, the last time being just last year.
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Visuals
The visuals were disturbing as people can be seen sitting, standing, walking and even clicking selfies among the thousands of plastic bottles and pieces of plastic waste the sea brought to the shore.
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Viral video
The video has been viewed close to one lakh times by Tuesday evening and has left them all concerned. But almost every monsoon season sees the return of plastic waste along the entire coastline of India.
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Past occurrences
When states like Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra which are situated along the Arabian Sea, battled with Cyclone Tauktae in 2021, Mumbaikars were instantly faced by how quickly the sea threw back all the trash. In 2019, Marina Beach was covered in a white toxic foam because of untreated sewage that was discharged into water bodies.