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Cops get strict with lax PMPML staff

It’s a tediously common conundrum dealt with by the city’s commuters and traffic police -the frequent sight of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses breaking down on arterial or other roads, and staff of the transport authority subsequently taking an inexplicably long time to get the heavy vehicles out of the way. The resultant […]

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Constant bus driver exodus is PMPML’s latest BRTS issue

Contractors claim many leave the job as they are unable to grasp technicalities; PMPML has to keep repeating trainings There is clearly no end in sight for the long saga of travails on the city’s Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) -despite the recent opening of the spanking new Sangamwadi Vishrantwadi corridor under Pune Municipal Corporation

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Cinderella street: F C Road shines by night, but is littered by day

It’s a carnival out there. Fergusson College Road is set thick with hawkers on either side. Whether its fashion accessories, trendy clothing, cosmetics or a variety of street snacks, these hawkers have them all. City crowds make merry late into the night on weekends in this veritable ‘fashion street’. But the beautiful peacock at night

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PMC declares every city swimming pool to stay shut till monsoon starts

Move taken in backdrop of water scarcity, as per state directives In a move expected from the authorities in the face of the state’s drought situation -leav ing the public with no option but to beat the heat in other ways now -the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has taken the decision to close down all

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अनारोग्य, वाहतुकीची कोंडी आणि दादागिरीही

शहरभर बोकाळलेल्या हातगाडय़ा आणि स्टॉलच्या अतिक्रमणांमुळे जागोजागी वाहतूक कोंडीची समस्या निर्माण होत असून लाखो रुपये खर्च करून तयार केलेले पदपथही वाया गेल्यात जमा आहेत. संबंधित व्यावसायिकांचे अधिकाऱ्यांशी असलेले साटेलोटे, व्यावसायिकांकडून निर्माण होत असलेली अनारोग्याची परिस्थिती, व्यावसायिकांची दादागिरी आणि स्थानिक नागरिकांना होणारा त्रास असे अनेक प्रकार शहरभर उघडपणे दिसत असले, तरी प्रशासन मात्र ढिम्मच आहे. शहरभर

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डेक्कन जिमखाना स्थानकाकडून  भिडे पुलाकडे  वळताना नेहमीच जे . एम. रोड वरून येणाऱ्या  वाहनांची व बस गाड्यांची कोंडी होत असते. ह्या रहदारीच्या रस्त्यावर ट्राफिक पोलीस पण नसतात. ४-४ बस एका मागे एक लागल्या  असतात आणि  जे. एम . रोड वरून येणाऱ्या गाड्या भिडे पुला कडे जाण्यासाठी खोळंबतात  ज्यामुळे संपूर्ण  रस्त्यावर रहदारी अडकून राहते. अशा  चौकांत  सिग्नल असणे अत्यंत

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