Afroz Shah, a Mumbai-based young lawyer made the country proud by winning United Nations Environment Award which underlines that alert citizens can make a difference in protecting the environment. On Saturday, Afroz Shah, a Mumbai-based young lawyer made the country proud by winning United Nations Environment Award which underlines that alert citizens can make a difference in protecting the environment. Shah is in Cancum, Mexico at present where he received the award during a global conference on biological diversity. Shah is among five people and one agency in the world bestowed with the 'Champions of the Earth' award this year. Shah and his neighbour Harbansh Mathur (84) had started manually cleaning Versova beach in October 2015.

Source: dna December 03, 2016 15:39 UTC