The prime minister sat on the floor with women who pick plastic from garbage and helped them sift through the waste, driving home a powerful message in his mission to end single use plastic.
The team is in Mumbai to prepare for the 2019 Asian Cup qualifying round match against Macau on October 11.
Here are some of the glimpses of the celebration
Wielding a broom, the prime minister took part in the drive along with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya.
He launched the "cleanliness is service" exercise to push for greater public participation in one of his government's centrepiece programmes launched on October 2, 2015.
He wondered whether anyone can imagine an economy operating without animal husbandry.
Greetings from all quarters, including his political rivals, poured in on Monday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who celebrated his 68th birthday in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi.
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