When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, a Pune based NGO Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS) started assisting the Urban Local Bodies in the containment efforts of Maharashtra's twin cities, Pune and Mumbai. BJS, which was established in 1985 with an aim to work in the areas of disaster response, health and education, has been conducting mass thermal screenings of the citizens, organising testing camps and several awareness drives and running mobile dispensary to provide support to the healthcare services reeling under the impact of COVID-19.