Residents of Kharghar's Sector 35 are blazing quite the trail — hundreds of them came together to clean up the pond in their neighbourhood of waste and garbage dumped in it during Ganeshotsav festivities, collecting nearly three tons of it in a day.

After the clean-up, they planted saplings around the waterbody, and each resident adopted one to be responsible for its care and maintenance. More than 200 residents have created a WhatsApp group to carry out frequent green and clean drives in the area.