Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative

In an era where everybody is discussing about nature conservation and environmental sustainability, it has become even more important to understand the importance of waste management and cleanliness. For a healthier and sustainable planet, time has come to develop strategies for shaping a healthier planet. Every year 28 th  July is observed as ‘World Nature Conservation Day’ and gives us an opportunity to highlight the importance of responsible waste management practices and supporting conservation efforts and understanding the synergy and intersection of these two subjects for laying down future paths. Effective waste management reduces the adverse effects of waste on human health and the environment. It helps conserve resources, save energy and provide economic benefits by creating jobs in waste management, recycling and other sectors. Nature conservation involves the protection, preservation, and restoration of natural environments and biodiversity. These two aspects

१३५० हून अधिक स्वयंसेवक,अनेक स्वयंसेवी संस्था आणि ग्रामपंचायतींच्या सांघिक कार्यामुळे 1 जुलै ते 4 जुलै या चार दिवसांच्या कालावधीत ८६.५ टन सुका कचरा गोळा करण्यात आला. अदर पुनावाला क्लीन सिटी इनिशिएटिव्ह (एपीसीसीआय) तर्फे सुरू करण्यात आलेल्या माझी वारी स्वच्छ वारी या उपक्रमाअंतर्गत पुणे शहर ते सासवड आणि यवत या दोन्ही मार्गांवर सुमारे 125 किमी रस्ता पालखी प्रस्थानानंतर अवघ्या काही तासांतच स्वच्छ करण्यात आला.   यासाठी अदर पुनावाला क्लीन सिटी बरोबरच लोणी काळभोर, कुंजीरवाडी, सोरतापवाडी,उरुळी कांचन, कदमवाक वस्ती, वडकी, सासवड, दिवे काळेवाडी, येवडे येथील ग्रामपंचायत आणि  पुणे महानगरपालिका, पुणे कॅन्टोन्मेंट बोर्ड आणि खडकी कॅन्टोन्मेंट बोर्ड यांच्यासह गावांमधील स्वयंसेवक यांच्या सांघिक कार्यातून पालखी मिरवणुकीच्या मार्गांवर काही तासांतच रस्ते स्वच्छ करण्यात आले. ही स्वच्छता मोहीम दरवर्षी राबविली जाते. यावर्षी स्वयंसेवकांना सहजरित्या कचरा गोळा करून ठेवता यावा यासाठी एपीसीसीआय तर्फे पालखी मार्गावर  ग्रीन नेटस बसविण्यात आले. तसेच 140 हून अधिक कचरा वेचक वाहने आणि मशिन सेवेत कार्यरत ह

A team of over 1350 volunteers, NGOs and Gram panchayats teamed up to collect 86.5. tons of dry waste over a period of four days from 1st July to 4th July. . The cleanliness drive was a part of ‘My Wari, Swach Wari’ movement initiated by ‘Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative’(APCCI) to help clean Palkhi route covering a total 125 km of roads from Pune city till Saswad and Yawat  . The cleanliness drive is conducted every year where the roads are cleaned within few hours of Palkhi procession by Adar Poonawalla Clean City, Gram panchayats of Loni Kalbhor, Kunjirwadi, Sortapwadi, Uruli Kanchan, Kadamwak Vasti, Wadki, Saswad, Dive Kalewadi, Zhendewadi, Yawat and volunteers from these villages along with Pune Municipal Corporation , Pune Cantonment Board and Khadki Cantonment Board who have been a valuable part of the campaign. This year APCCI installed green nets at various places  to enable volunteers to collect and segregate waste without any hassles. Also more than 140