Angry with a driver for throwing out an empty pack of cigarettes on the road, the actor decided to stop him and teach him a lesson. Celebrities endorsing social causes is not new. But what Akshay Kumar did yesterday, definitely is. The star not only stopped a man from littering the city of Mumbai, but also posted a picture of the act on a social networking site urging others to keep the city of dreams free of garbage.
Talking about the incident, a very angry Akshay Kumar told Mumbai Mirror, “I had to drop my son to school. We had been talking about the numerous cars on road these days. And he was telling me how he wished that the roads were safe enough for him to cycle to school. After I dropped him, I was on my way to work. I was sitting in my car, in the usual Juhu traffic, when I saw a driver carelessly throw his empty pack of cigarettes on the road. I sat there quietly for about 5 seconds, before I just had to get out of my car, pick up the packet and throw the packet back at the driver’s face. I dared him to throw rubbish on the ground again. The man was very scared. He knew exactly what he had done. I know it for a fact that he will think twice before littering the streets of Mumbai again.”
According to Akshay, the growing economy would mean nothing if the city wasn’t clean. “This city has grown in so many incredible ways, but as long as we keep treating it with so much disrespect, nothing would matter. The economic growth would mean nothing since nobody would want to live in a place full of rubbish,” said the actor.
