Green Vigil Foundation felicitated by the hands of Nanda Jichkar, Mayor of Nagpur for untiring efforts taken to facilitate Eco- friendly Ganpati Visarjan supporting Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
The program was organized at Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Standing Committee hall in presence of Nanda Jichkar, Mayor of Nagpur, Pradeep Pohane, Standing Committee Chairman, Tara Yadav, Chairman, Slum Settlement Committee, Dayashankar Tiwari, Sr. Corporator, Sunil Agrawal, Sr. Corporator, Rupa Rai, Corporator , Harish Dube, Municipal Secretary and others.
Around 50 members of Green Vigil Foundation were present for all 10 days of Ganpati Visarjan at Airforce side of Futala Lake, wherein citizens were appealed to adopt Eco-friendly Ganpati Visarjan in Artificial tanks installed by NMC and collected Nirmalaya. Appreciating the hard work and dedication of the team, Hon. Mayor felicitated Kaustav Chatterjee, Founder, Green Vigil Foundation, Surbhi Jaiswal –Team Lead, Mehul Kosurkar, Bishnudeo Yadav, Hemant Amesar, Priya Yadav & Smitali Ukey.
Green Vigil Foundation have been devotedly working to protect Airforce side of Futala Lake during Ganpati Visarjan for all 10 days From past 10 yrs. This year, Green Vigil & NMC have been successful in enabling immersion of 9000 Ganpati idols in artificial tanks and collecting 38 MT of Nirmalaya.
Acknowledging the efforts Mayor stated, we would look forward to your support every year and appealed all NGOs to come forward next Ganpati Visarjan and contribute for protecting the city lakes.
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