News from Janaseva PUne

Greetings from Janaseva Foundation, Pune!

On the occasion of Senior Citizens Protest Day on August 16^th, 2013, 35 – 40 representatives of Janaseva Foundation, ASCOP, FESCOM, ILC-I, Chaitanya Hasya Club, Bharatiya Yog Sansthan, Senior Citizen's wing of Bharati Vidyapeeth and University of Pune had a meeting with Mrs. Vaishali Bankar, Mayor of Pune and Additional Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation Shri Rajendra Jagtap, from 3.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at Standing Committee Hall of Pune Municipal Corporation. As the municipal commissioner had to go to Mumbai he deputed the Additional Commissioner. We acquainted the mayor and the additional commissioner with the problems faced by the elderly and handed over to them the list of our demands and also requested them to make the city of Pune an Age Friendly City. Both the mayor and the additional commissioner listened to all the problems faced by senior citizens and promised to do everything within their power to solve the problems of senior citizens and to make their lives easier.

 

They also assured representatives of their cooperation to upcoming World Senior Citizens Day Celebration Programme – Anand Melava arranged on 3rd October 2013 at Shri Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, Nehru Stadium, Swargate, Pune, by Janaseva Foundation, Pune Municipal Corporation, University of Pune, Govt. of Maharashtra, Bharati Vidyapeeth, ILC-I, ASCOP, FESCOM, Pensioners Association, Chaitanya Hasya Club, Bharatiya Yog Sansthan etc.

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Vinod Shah, MD

Chairman

Janaseva Foundation, Pune