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Bittu Tabahi Who Single-Handedly Cleaned Trash-Filled River Gets Job Offer From Dutch CEO: ‘Come Work for Us’

Boyan Slat, CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, offered a job to Surendra Singh Choudhary, known as Bittu Tabahi, after viewing his solo river cleanup efforts online.
Singh has spent months manually removing plastic waste and debris from the Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh, India, documenting his project on Instagram while spending ₹30,000.
Industrialist Anand Mahindra praised the cleanup efforts after critics questioned Singh's motives, while Someone wrote, "That's your guy," as online supporters rallied behind the 20-year-old.
Responding to a post documenting the cleanup, Slat wrote, "Come work for us." One person noted, "He's exactly the kind of person I would have wanted to make an offer to."
The Netherlands-based organization aims to remove 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040. Slat, a Dutch inventor, created the initiative to address large-scale planetary problems through innovative cleanup technology.

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