During the "Seva, Kartyavya and Sacrifice" week, launched by the former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, about 1,000 women from city slums were given 'Sonia Gandhi Health Cards' with insurance cover of Rs one lakh and hospitalisation expenses of Rs 20,000, ex-MLC Mohan Joshi said today.
Joshi said he started SKS initiative in 2004 when Sonia Gandhi refused to take up the Prime Minster's post.
"Scattering of food grains on the city hilltops was taken up this year from ecological point of view as the hills around Pune are being rendered barren with tree-cutting in the wake of increasing construction activity," he added.