The Lungs Billboard titled 'My Right to Clean Air', was inaugurated by Mayor Murlidhar Mohol on JM Road on 27th Decemeber 2021. This was a joint initiative by Parisar and the Pune Municipal Corporation  to create awareness on the health impacts of breathing polluted air. The launch event was attended by the Additional Commissioner, PMC Shri Kunal Khemnar, Environment Officer PMC, Shri Mangesh Dighe, and the Parisar team. Dr. Swapnil Kulkarni, Consultant Pulmonologist and Director of Birth and Breath Clinic was also invited to speak about the impact of breathing polluted air on the human body.

We are pleased to release our final report Engage for Environment: Bus-based Public Transport and Environment in Maharashtra in the theme-based series that explored the connection between bus-based publictransport (BBPT) and gender, urban development and environment as part of our “Lakhko50” bus campaign.

In this second year of our “Lakh ko 50” campaign which seeks to raise the pitch for bus-based public transport in cities we used a thematic approach to explore the deeper connection between city bus services and “gender”, “urban development” and “environment”. This has been richly rewarding since many aspects of how the simple bus service depends upon and in turn influences the sector has emerged from the numerous discussions that we held with sector experts. We are pleased to bring to you the report on bus-based public transport and urban development. 

On the occasion of World Bicycle Day, NGOs Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) and Parisar conducted an experiment to find out how the bicycle fares as a mode of transit compared to the car. Simultaneous trips spanning around 100 kms across the city were made by car and bicycle during peak hours on three days to find out how the bicycle fares when compared to the car. 

It was found that on average, a bicycle needs just 45 seconds - 1 minute more than a car to go 1 km.