The Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Parisar, has taken strong exception to the comments made by some Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) corporators in connection with the role of NGOs in the city’s eco-conservation.

The trustee of the NGO, Sujit Patwardhan, has written to former mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale, independent corporator Ujwal Keskar and NCP corporator Subhash Jagtap, who on August 25 criticised NGOs for allegedly harming the city’s environment during a general body meeting held to discuss the environment status report (ESR) of the city.