The lungs of South-Central Mumbai - the 226 sprawling acres of open space
that is the Mahalaxmi Race Course is under severe threat from developers.
In response to this threat, PCGT filed a Public Interest Litigation against
the parties involved.
In 2004 RWITC entered into an agreement to develop the racecourse land
with Pegasus Developers. This is a blatant attempt to commercially exploit
public land.
On July 14, 2004, in response to the PIL filed by PCGT and after hearing
all parties, the court imposed restraining orders on three counts : (1)
Government is restrained from registering the lease between BMC and RWITC;
(2) Both BMC and the government are restrained from allowing any development
of Turf Club lands and (3) No plans or applications for development can
be sanctioned. The deal was stopped by the High Court and the RWITC later
abandoned its plan, thereby giving lung space to the citizens of Mumbai.
Police
Training
As part of the Participative Policing Programme, PCGT has been conducting
lots of trainings from the year 2004 for mid - senior level police officers,
constables and new recruits of State Reserve Police Force and Maharashtra
State Police. These trainings are meant to add value to the existing training
programme and to promote humane approach in policing. This activity is
supported by the Training Directorate of Maharashtra State Police. So
far 600 mid - senior level police officers, 1200 constables and 11000
new recruits have started on their personal change journey through theses
trainings.
Fight
against corruption - Vigilance Week Celebrations
PCGT effectively co-organized the Vigilance Awareness Week for three consecutive
years 2004, 2005 & 2006 in collaboration with the Central Vigilance
Commission, New Delhi and the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra. The
focus of PCGT's inputs has been to take the awareness of Vigilance to
a wider and more diverse audience. A number of Corporate Houses, Universities,
Civil Society Groups, Media and Public have participated in these initiatives.
During the Vigilance Week Celebrations PCGT organized different activities like public meetings, youth competitions on slogan and essay writing, book mark making, theatre and dance and banner graffiti, Prabhat Pheri and Youth Parliament, workshops, seminars and media activities.
One of the activities of PCGT is spreading awareness on the Right To Information (R.T.I.) Act. PCGT firmly believes that RTI is the most powerful weapon in the fight against corruption. PCGT is spearheading this task by working with schools and colleges, community groups, women self-help groups, corporates and media to spread the importance of Right To Information and also assist willing people to use this weapon. So far PCGT has organized a lot of Seminars/workshops on RTI awareness in which thousands of people participated and benefitted. PCGT, along with other organizations, also actively took part in the National Level Anti-Bribery Campaign which was simultaneously organized in more than 20 cities of India. In the Mumbai Campaign 252 PCGT volunteers put in 2016 hours and facilitated the filing of 2222 cases in 15 days.
PCGT is registered with the Charity Commissioner. Donations to PCGT qualify for deduction u/s 80-G (5) (VI) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.