India, Dec. 1 -- In a striking example of how nothing is impossible when citizens join hands with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the city's first-ever 'River Festival 2025 - Clean River, Beautiful Pune' was organised Sunday on the banks of the River Mutha as a joint collaboration between Punekars and the civic body. Thousands of citizens thronged the festival intended as a collective push for a cleaner and greener Pune. Buoyed by the enthusiastic response, the PMC now plans to hold the festival three times a year.

Capturing the essence of the enterprise, Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram said that it marks a crucial shift in how urban environmental challenges are addressed - through strong partnership between citizens ...