Navi Mumbai : Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is ahead of other municipal corporations about doing innovations regularly. The Municipal Corporation has now started an inside-bus library for those traveling in long distance buses of its transport undertaking NMMT. In the first phase, this facility has been made available in 3 long distance buses. Passengers traveling in long distance buses of NMMT will be able to take advantage of this. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is the first municipal corporation in the country to start such a service.
On the 26th Foundation Day of NMMT, the Municipal Corporation through Let’s Rid India Foundation started the NMMT bus-moving library. In the first phase, this facility has been made available in NMMT buses running from Navi Mumbai to Mantralaya in Mumbai. It was inaugurated by Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar. On this occasion, Municipal Corporation Transport Administrator Yogesh Kaduskar, City Engineer Sanjay Desai, Additional City Engineer Shirish Ardvad, key officials and employees of Let’s Rid India Foundation were present.
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Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation shared the video through Twitter
The first in the country to provide library facilities in passenger transport services #BooksInBus Undertaking @LetsReadIndia Through these long distance 3 NMMT buses have been launched. In addition to books, information on bibliographic activities through QR codes is also available here.@NMMCCommr pic.twitter.com/YiFE4Oyx2q
— NMMC (@NMMConline) January 23, 2022
Marathi and English language books in the library
Books of famous writers of Marathi and English language have been made available in the library built by the Municipal Corporation in the buses of NMMT. In addition to the books provided at present, if a passenger wants to read another book of his choice, then according to his demand, that book will be provided in that bus of NMMT in which the traveling passenger wants to read the book of his choice. For the convenience of the passengers, a ‘QR’ code has been put next to every seat of the library buses, which can be scanned on their mobiles for the passengers to get information about the books.