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Civic body to share Bhama-Askhed’s water with Alandi

Five MLD will be directed through a pipeline towards district Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to share water with Alandi Municipal Council from the Bhama Askhed dam project. The civic body decided to provide five million litres per day (MLD) unfiltered water through the main pipeline.VG Kulkarni, chief superintendent of PMC’s water supply department, …

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SANITATION NEEDS – PMC turns role model for toilet construction

To ensure effective construction of individual toilets for nearly 11,000 households in Pimpri Chinchwad under the Swacch Bharat initiative, the civic body has decided to follow the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) model. As per the model, the beneficiaries get funds only after a third party agency inspects the work. The third party agencies will get …

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खडकवासला धरण भरले; पाणी सोडण्यास सुरवात

मंगळवारी रात्री दहा वाजल्यानंतर आज (बुधवार) सकाळी सहा वाजेपर्यंत धरण परिसरात मुसळधार पाऊस झाला असून, धऱणपातळीत मोठी वाढ झाली आहे. खडकवासला धरण 99 टक्के भरले असून, मुठा नदीत पाणी सोडण्यास सुरवात झाली आहे. त्यामुळे, धरणातून दुपारी 12 वाजता सुमारे 18,491 क्‍युसेकने पाणी सोडण्याचा निर्णय खडकवासला पाटबंधारे विभागाने घेतला आहे. सकाळी दहा वाजता पाच दरवाजे एक …

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Water cuts to remain till dams are full: Pune Mayor Prashant Jagtap

The total capacity of the four dams Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temhgar was 29 TMC while 11 TMC of water has been stored in the dams so far. WHILE TILL a week ago, the city witnessed a spat between Mayor Prashant Jagtap and District Guardian Minister Girish Bapat over the release of water from Khadakwasla …

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Holi joy rings out with less water wastage

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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WORLD WATER DAY – Dependence, high cost teach prudence

Echelon Cooperative Housing Society on BanerPashan Link Road gets its water from a tanker supplier who has doubled the charges at the start of summer. The 50-flat society is dependent completely on four tankers for its daily needs, but its members are trying to negotiate a better deal with the supplier while looking at ways …

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EVERY DROP COUNTS – Tunnel vision shuts out hard calls on water cuts

The water situation is turning grimmer, but there is no talk of additional cuts to de al with a crisis if the monsoon is delayed yet again, this year. Water stocks in the dams reservoirs will suffice till July 15, but another bad monsoon year will mean serious trouble for the city . Pune Municipal …

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