PMPML converts scrap bus into library

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has converted a scrap bus into a free public library to promote reading habits among citizens and students.

- Ankit Shukla

The innovative “PMPML Library” was inaugurated on Wednesday near Fergusson College by MLA Siddharth Shirole, along with PMPML Chairman and Managing Director Pankaj Devre. Devre said the initiative, launched under the taglines ‘From Waste to Wealth’ and ‘Read and Succeed’, aims to transform old buses into reading spaces while encouraging literacy and creativity. The library contains a range of books on educational, inspirational, historical, and spiritual themes, all available for public reading free of cost.