The stops were damaged in accidents and were in need of repair. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to start the service on this stretch in the next twothree months. The civic body will also construct another 22 bus stations on this stretch. The civic body had widened the 12km stretch of PuneMumbai highway […]
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More number of pedestrians have fallen victim to mishaps in the city in 2012 as against the statistics of 2011. Thanks to lack of discipline on the roads and poor traffic infrastructure. According to the traffic police records, 113 pedestrians were killed in the 1,619 accidents in 2011. The death toll increased to 123 in
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Mayor passes directive, instructing all mobile companies to stop their work of laying cables to scrutinise whether their permissions have been cleared Corporators have shown their displeasure with the way private mobile companies are carrying on with their work of laying cables and digging footpaths and roads late in the night without informing Pune Municipal
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While the lack of cleanliness across Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Maha mandal Limited (PMPML) depots was recently highlighted in a shock ing way -after a staffer was found dead in a Swargate depot toilet, undiscovered for three days because the loos are not cleaned regularly -the transport utility still doesn’t seem to be taking the concept
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Even though the Pune traffic police tried repeatedly to convince people about wearing helmets during driving in Pune, statistics show that their efforts have gone unsuccessful and their fears have come true. Of the 208 motorists who lost their lives in accidents in 2012, only two had worn helmets. Also, in most of these fatal
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Traffic police observe employees of industries on the Old Pune-Mumbai Highway stretch regularly going the wrong way on narrow service roads to avoid a detour away from city, posing grave risks to other commuters While several traffic initiatives have been undertaken by authorities all over the city to facilitate commuters in corpo rate-heavy zones, it
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With the increase in the number of vehicles in the city, driving sense needs to be inculcated in citizens. Thus, the city traffic police have joined hands with Vodafone India Ltd and Icap, an NGO for the forthcoming Traffic Safety fortnight programme of the state government in order to spread awareness about safety rules and work
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On the last day of the year, while people are busy celebrating New Year’s Eve, Pune police geared up to run a checking drive in association with the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal (PMPML) in order to ensure that the drivers are not drunk while driving. In a first-of-its-kind initiative by the PMPML, which bought a
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The figure for Jains and Sikhs stands at 36% each. Buddhists, comprising mostly Dalits who embraced Buddhism in the 20th century , have a high working population share at 43%. For Hindus, the figure is 41%. Drawn from the Census 2011 data, the statistics show a faith-based profile of India’s 482 million strong workforce.The figures
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High drama ensued at Kothrud on Monday when a Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) bus stopped in the middle of the road, causing a two-wheeler to crash into its rear. The bike and the rider were trapped under the rear wheels, which, according to eyewitnesses, could have been avoided had the bus halted in
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