A Clean Start

To celebrate the New Year in a unique way,some city youngsters got together to wash more than 38 Pune Municipal Transport buses on January 1. ‘Kruti-Ek Karya’,a social group of people from various parts of the city,took this initiative. Students,IT professionals,and engineers gathered at the Katraj Bus Depot,at 8 am on Sunday morning and continued with their task till 4.30 pm.

“We had a talk with PMT officials and conveyed our desire to help them by washing the buses. As there is a shortage of cleaning staff,we decided to undertake this job,” said Pritam Shah,who is a Chartered Accountancy student and the main organiser of the event. “To conduct such social programmes for the youth is our main motive. We have been engaged in such activities for the last few years. We have also cleaned Sinhagad and Torana gadh in the past,” he added. All the members of the group are from different areas like Katraj,Dhankawadi,Sadashiv Peth,Aundh,and from various colleges and companies.

The group was first given basic information about the buses by the staff. “The team was split into groups of five each to clean the buses. Right from the driver’s cabin,seats,windows,and passage,they cleaned everything,” said Vikas Jadhav,maintenance engineer,Katraj Bus Depot. This group have also created a community on Facebook – ‘Kruti-Ek Karya’ – for those willing to participate in such activities.