Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited Organises A Big Auto and Car Rally in Pune; Promotes Energy Conservation and Cleaner Environment under SAKSHAM 2023

Pune (Voice News Service): Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL)  recently organised a big  CNG Auto and Car Rally in Pune city to promote energy conservation and a cleaner environment. The initiative was a part of annual public awareness campaign ‘SAKSHAM – 2023’ under the Petroleum Conservation Research Association’s (PCRA) flagship programme to educate the masses for adopting fuel conservation and efficiency measures for environment protection. Many CNG Autos and Cars participated in this drive promoting the cause of clean and green fuel. 

The CNG Auto and Car Rally was flagged off by Shri Kumar Shanker, Managing Director of Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited. MNGL’s other dignitaries, Smt. Bageshree Manthalkar (Independent Director), Shri Rajesh Pande (Ex- Independent Director,  Shri Nitin Pawar, President (Rickshaw Panchayat) and a Marathi TV Celebrity Actor Shri Nitish Chavan (Lagir jal ji fame) were present on the occasion. 

Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), a society under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (Government of India), with the help of public sector Oil and Gas companies organises a one-month conservation campaign “Sanrakshan Kshamata Mahotsav (SAKSHAM)” every year. 

This year, the theme of ‘SAKSHAM 2023’ has been  ‘Energy Conservation towards net zero’. SAKSHAM 2023 is aimed at highlighting the adverse health and environmental impacts of increasing carbon footprints and convince consumers to switch to cleaner and greener fuels and bring in necessary behavioural change to use fossil fuel intelligently.  

The objective of the said campaign was to spread awareness among masses about the advantages of using clean fuels such as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG).