Landslide on Pune-Mumbai expressway amid heavy rain Pune: For Solapur resident Fayeem Sayyad and his family, every attempt to reach Mumbai airport on Monday to see off his brother ended in disappointment as relentless rain brought both rail and road traffic to a standstill.The six-member family boarded the Hosapete–Mumbai Superfast Express from Solapur at 9.30pm…
Relentless monsoon showers have paralyzed the Mumbai-Pune region, claiming three lives and disrupting vital transport networks PUNE/MUMBAI: Three people died in rain-related incidents as relentless showers across the Mumbai–Pune region disrupted transport networks and normal life on Monday.Heavy rainfall led to waterlogged roads, uprooted trees and landslides, forcing the closure of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway and…
Heavy rains triggered a landslide near the Missing Link tunnel, forcing the closure of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and old highway on Monday. PUNE/MUMBAI: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old Mumbai-Pune Highway were shut in both directions from around 3.30 am on Monday after a landslide near the Missing Link tunnel combined with incessant rain to…
The state had announced that disbursal of the loan waiver amount would begin on July 5 after failing to meet its previous June 30 deadline Pune: The state govt has missed yet another deadline to implement the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karjamafi Yojana (farm loan waiver), with agriculture minister Dattatray Bharane on Sunday attributing the…
The road in Sambhajinagar area of Talegaon Dabhade where water broke through the surface and gushed out from beneath Pune: The Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Council has said the video showing water gushing out from beneath a road in the Sambhajinagar area was part of a planned trial of a new water supply pipeline.A video in…
PUNE: A house was hit by a landslide in a remote village in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Monday, raising fears that an entire family may be trapped under the debris, officials said.According to preliminary information, the landslide struck the house in Patan village, located in Mawal taluka, during the early hours of Monday.Authorities suspect that…
In a public advisory, the corporation on the official handle said traffic on both the expressway and the old highway would remain suspended until further orders. PUNE: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) suspended traffic on both the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old Mumbai-Pune National Highway in both directions in the early hours of…
PUNE: A total of 16 trains, including inter-city trains between Pune and Mumbai have been cancelled due to a major landslide which happened at the Southeast (Pune-Lonavla) ghat section of the Central Railway in the wee hours on Monday. According to the railway officials, the landslide happened at around 3am blocking both the UP and…
Pune: Two workers were injured after the pipe of a gas cylinder burst in an industrial unit at Devachi Urali around 10.30 am on Sunday. Both the workers sustained critical burn injuries and have been admitted to the Sassoon general hospital.According to the Phursungi police, the workers were engaged in cutting metal and other work…
Pune: The Talegaon MIDC police have registered a case against three employees of a petrol pump in Ambi village of Maval taluka for allegedly cheating the owner of Rs 25 lakh by diverting customer payments into their personal UPI accounts instead of the petrol pump’s official payment account.According to the police, the accused collected payments…
