On a humid afternoon in Mumbai’s Bhandup, the smell of rain still lingers in the air. The lanes are busy, children weave through traffic, and in a quiet corner, a small queue begins to form — not outside a shop, but beside a simple setup where people hold plastic bottles in their hands, waiting for something far more valuable: a warm meal.

A childhood memory turns into a mission

For Shakti Yadav, this scene is deeply personal. Growing up in Bhandup, monsoons didn’t just bring rain — they brought flooded homes filled with sewage water. The cause was all too visible: plastic waste choking the drains, trapping entire neighbourhoods in cycles of filth and illness.

It was a problem he couldn’t ignore. And years later, instead of looking away, he........

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