Garbage is one of the biggest problem for Pune. Garbage issue has acquired serious dimensions and serious efforts must be taken to resolve it. Yashwantrao Chavan Shahar Swachhata Abhiyan carried out a meeting with members of 16 societies at Dhankawadi in presence of Suresh Jagtap, head of solid waste management department of PMC. During the […]
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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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Mounting garbage, including construction debris, on city streets and the riverbed and the state government’s delay in providing land for waste management has prompted the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to clean up its own mess. Now, a two-acre plot of barren land at Wagholi has been identified by the civic body to set up a
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Fed up with unresolved pending issues of crowded footpaths and speeding vehicles that have made walking on the footpaths in NIBM Road area a risky affair, nearly 50 members of the NIBM residents forum demanded solutions from the traffic police at a special meeting on Sunday. From issues of pedestrians like encroachments on footpaths to
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It’s a sound thrashing of traffic cacophony, all right. First, there was a crackdown on loud honking, with the traffic police booking over 160 violators in the span of one week. Now, a similar initiative is being prompted by residents of Aundh for the reverse horn menace. Dhananjay Rau, member of the Aundh Vikas Mandal
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Lane cutting is quite a big problem in city and connecting highways. Lane cutting by the heavy vehicles on the Express-way which leads to traffic jams and road accidents. Highway police and the RTO are directed by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to take action against these vehicles particularly in ghat. The challenge is
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The rape of a college student on Hanuman Tekdi in Deccan area last Wednesday has brought to fore scores of weak spots in the city where women can be sexually assaulted. Many are common places that most people would not think twice about before visiting. A team, headed by police commissioner K K Pathak, surveyed
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By and large, citizens who stayed away from wasting water while celebrating Holi with `gulal’ on Thursday said it still felt like a festival of colours and a sense of achievement ran through societies that had put up notices urging conservation. Yet, the festive mood prevailed with families, friends and communities. “I enjoyed myself as
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The festival of colours is celebrated to mark the arrival of spring but this year it came to denote sweltering heat with the city’s March temperature crossing a three-year high. The temperature sprang up to 39°C during the day -the highest so far in the month. This follows the prediction of the India Meterological Department
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