PM Modi praises Adar Poonawalla’s CleanCity Initiative

Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative (APCC) launched in association with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his brief visit to the city on November 13,PM Modi visited the premises of Serum Institute of india and keenly observed all the machinery and operations of APCC. Adar Poonawalla is a owner of Cyrus Poonawalla Group & Cheif Executiove Officer of SIOI

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, Union human resource minister Prakash Jawadekar and governor C Vidyasagar Rao accompanied PM Modi during his short visit. They were received by Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder Chairman, Serum Institute of India (SII) along with Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer and executive director of SII.

While discussing the importance of such initiatives, PM Modi told Adar Poonawalla, that such initiatives resonate with Clean India Mission and should be replicated in all the cities in India. “He praised the high technology introduced to improve cleanliness for the first time in India. He believes that such public-private initiatives are a must to make India one of the cleanest countries in the world,” said Adar Poonawalla.

APCC, an initiative to make Pune one of the cleanest cities in the world was launched on October 2,2014 that happened to be the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Adar Poonawalla has invested Rs 100 crore in this initiative.

APCC is a one-of-its-kind cleanliness initiative based on the private and public partnership. APCC has introduced a high-end technology to clean the city in the form of Glutton vacuum litter picker and the Trilo small truck. Currently, the Glutton machines are covering roughly 30 km of roads but in the second they all set to cover all the 1,200 km of roads across the city.

Also, at various areas, APCC has initiated to collect wet waste and recycle it. It is an initiative that has resolved to deal with the issue of waste management & cleanliness with a comprehensive approach and meticulous planning.

While further elaborating on his conversation with the Prime Minister, Adar Poonawalla said that along with APCC, he was also impressed by the work accomplished by SII. “He praised our work in producing the low-cost lifesaving vaccines for children. He said that more companies should come forward and produce such vaccines to save lives of poor children from diseases that can be prevented by vaccines,” Adar Poonawalla said.

APCC believes that Pune can be the one of the cleanest cities in the world if all the citizens and corporates join hands together. “When we will be united and our waste will be segregated at source and completely managed with scientific processing then only we will be able to address our waste problem, like they have done in many western countries,” concluded Adar Poonawalla.

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PM Narendra Modi visits Serum institute,

hails clean city movement

PM Modi, arrived at Serum Institute and also expressed appreciation over the largest vaccine manufacturing facility in the world that made low cost vaccines to protect children, said, CEO of the Institute, Adar Poonawalla. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a 15-minute stop at the Serum Institute of India on Sunday and evinced interest in the Clean City initiative launched by the Poonawalla Group. Modi told the Serum Institute officials that it was a good initiative and other cities should follow this model. PM Modi also expressed appreciation over the largest vaccine manufacturing facility in the world that made low cost vaccines to protect children, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India said on Sunday.

Modi, who was in Pune at an international conference organised by Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari, arrived at 7 pm at Serum Institute and also expressed appreciation over the largest vaccine manufacturing facility in the world that made low cost vaccines to protect children, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India said on Sunday.

Poonawalla is among five Indians who this year had made it to the Forbes Asia’s annual list of philanthropists for pledging Rs 100 crore to clean Pune. Adar Poonawalla Clean City Movement was launched early this year with the aim to make Pune 100 per cent garbage free. The Poonawalla group has collaborated with the Pune Municipal Corporation to initiate the Adar Poonawalla clean city movement.

“The PMO had informed us about Modi’s visit and that he had expressed interest in the Clean City Pune initiative. He told us that that it was a good project under the Swachh Bharat Mission and the initiative should be a model for other cities. Pune generates at least 1700 tonnes of waste per day out of which 800-850 is wet waste. “What the movement has done is to scientifically collect, transport and process organic waste in an environmentally sustainable manner,” Poonawalla told Newsline.

Meanwile, the Serum Institute is the world’s fifth largest vaccine manufacturer by volume with an installed capacity of over one billion doses of different vaccines annually, and has two manufacturing plants in Pune and the Netherlands. “The Prime Minister was appreciative that low cost vaccines were made to protect children. He encouraged us to make vaccines against diseases at affordable rates and make them available,” Poonawalla said.

Chairman of Serum Institute Cyrus Poonawala, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Sharad Pawar and others were present.

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