Characters:

• Sutradhaar: The Narrator with the Dafli.

• The River (Nadi): An actor draped in a blue dupatta/cloth, looking tired and “suffocated” by trash.

• Pappu “The Thrower”: A citizen who thinks the river is a moving dustbin.

• Jamura: The funny guy who gives the “Logic.”

• Chorus: The team for background effects.

[OPENING]

(The team enters making a rhythmic “Swoosh-Swoosh” sound like waves. They form a human chain representing a flowing river.)

All: (Chanting) “Suno suno aye duniya walon, pani ki dastaan suno!” “Jahan se jeevanshuru hua, uski aaj thakan suno!”

Sutradhaar: “Dosto! Hamara shahar bada pyaara hai, par hamari nadi? Wo bechari be-saharahai!”

[SCENE 1 ]

(Pappu enters carrying a big plastic bag. He looks around and prepares to throw it into the “River” actor.)

Jamura: (Jumping in) “Arre Pappu Bhai! Ye ‘Shot-put’ ki practice kaha kar rahe ho? Haathmein kya hai?”

Pappu: “Arre Jamure, ghar ki pooja ka saamaan hai. Purani tasveerein, phool, aur plastic kedher. Nadi mein baha dunga toh ‘Punya’ milega!”

Jamura: (Snatching the bag mockingly) “Punya? Arre Pappu Bhai, ye ‘Punya’ ki thaili nahi, nadi ka gala ghotne wali ‘Phansi’ hai! Nadi koi ‘Kachra-Delivery Boy’ nahi hai jo tumharasaara kooda-kabada muft mein samudra tak ‘Drop’ karke aayegi!”

Pappu: (Pointing at the water) “Arre yaar, tum bhi na! Dekho wo polythene ki ‘Fauj’ aurchips ke packets ka ‘Dher’… jab poori nadi hi ‘Kachra-Kachra‘ bani hui hai, toh meri ekchoti si thaili se kya pralaya (apocalypse) aa jayega?”

[SCENE 2]

(The River actor, draped in blue but covered in plastic bottles and bags, stands up weakly.)

River: (In a raspy voice)

“Main wahi nadi hoon… jisne tumhari pyaas bujhayi. Jisne tumhare khet seench kar tumheanaaj diya. Aaj tumne mujhe ‘Ganda Naala’ bana diya? Tumhara plastic meri saans rok rahahai… tumhara kachra mere dil ko chubh raha hai!”

Jamura: (To Pappu) “Suna? Nadi bol rahi hai! Kal jab pani ki boond-boond ke liye tarsoge, toh kya ye plastic pioge? Kya ye kachra tumhari pyaas bujayega?”

Pappu: (Scared) “Nahi Jamure… par main akela kya karoon?”

[SCENE 3]

Sutradhaar: “Akela toh chana bhi bhaar nahi fodta, par hum sab milkar kranti la sakte hain! Suniye kya hai hamara farz:”

1. “Pooja ka saaman nadi mein nahi, ‘Visarjan Kund’ mein daalein!”

2. “Nadi ke kinare picnic manao, par kachra apne saath lekar jao!”

3. “Agar koi factory ya ghar nala nadi mein khol raha hai, toh authority ko complaint karo!”

Jamura: “Aur sabse badi baat , Nadi ko ‘Maa’ bolte ho, toh ‘Maa’ ka ghar saaf rakho, gandanahi!”

[FINALE]

Sutradhaar: “Toh dosto! Kya hum apne shehar ki pani ki dharohar (water bodies) kobachayenge?”

All: (In a loud, rhythmic chant with clapping)

“Nadiyon ko naala mat banao… Shahar ki shaan bachao!” (Clap-Clap) “Swaachh Jal… Swasth Kal!” (Clap-Clap) “Kachra kudedaan mein… Nadi hamari jaan hai!” (Clap-Clap)

All Together: “SWACHH NADIYAAN! NIRMALA SHAHAR! SWASTH BHARAT!”

(The team exits in a wave-like motion, chanting “Swoosh-Swoosh” again.)