So delighted that Afroz Shah has won the UN's highest award for his incredible efforts to clean Mumbai's beaches!! https://t.co/IWT8wIc86m pic.twitter.com/k2r7uqLKhL— Lewis Pugh (@LewisPugh) December 3, 2016NEW DELHI: The largest beach clean-up in the world would be a reward in itself. But for spearheading it, Mumbai-based lawyer Afroz Shah has been named as one of winners of the top environmental honour of the United Nations. "So delighted that Afroz Shah has won the UN's highest award for his incredible efforts to clean Mumbai's beaches!!" he tweeted.Pugh has for long hailed the Versova clean-up as the 'largest beach clean-up in history'.

Source: Times of India December 03, 2016 08:35 UTC