Water Shortage for Citizens, Tankers for Road Works.***Pune residents are facing alternate-day water cuts and low-pressure water supply, leaving many households and housing societies struggling to meet their daily needs. However, at Sinhagad Road and Vadgaon Budruk, entire water tankers are being used for cement road repair works, highlighting a stark contradiction in water management…
Pune: The Maharashtra Indian Medical Association (IMA) has intensified its opposition to the state govt’s push for mandatory emergency care, calling proposed amendments to the Clinical Establishment Act (CEA) “coercive and impractical.” The doctors’ body is demanding clarity on hospital compensation and has raised concerns over harsh penalties, including fines up to Rs5 lakh and…
The civic body currently maintains a total FD corpus of Rs5,768 crore. This includes Rs1,550 crore in general FDs and Rs4,218 crore in reserved FDs Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to utilise Rs550 crore from its general fixed deposit (FD) reserves to fund critical water supply projects, abandoning an earlier proposal…
Section 155 of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code is meant for minor corrections and not for altering ownership rights or land titles Pune: The state govt will decide on action against revenue officers accused of irregularly altering land records based on a report from Pune divisional commissioner and after examining the recommendations of a govt-appointed committee,…
Riverfront Development Project in Sangamwadi Pune: In a ray of hope for environmentalists and residents, municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram told TOI that the remaining 8.8km section of the Pune Riverfront Development Project will be redesigned.From exploring ways to retain heritage trees as part of the proposed riverfront promenade instead of cutting or transplanting them,…
Heavy rainfall on Wednesday led to widespread waterlogging and massive traffic congestion across the city. Severe water accumulation at Tathawade, disrupted vehicular movement and caused delays Pune: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Thursday said that instead of focusing on governance, the party governing PMC and BMC is busy breaking up other parties and…
A PMPML bus that broke down on FC Road recently is towed by a crane Pune: Two days of moderate rainfall in Pune exposed PMPML’s lack of monsoon preparedness as 264 bus breakdowns were reported across its fleet — 116 on Tuesday and 148 on Wednesday — leaving thousands of commuters inconvenienced.Official data said the…
A full text of the judgment is expected to be released post-sentencing on June 29 Pune: A special fast-track court on Thursday held casual worker Bhimrao Kamble (65) guilty of kidnapping, rape and murder of a three-year-old girl on May 1 at Nasrapur in Bhor taluka of the district.Special judge S R Salunkhe will pronounce…
US senators are interacting with Indian legislators, govt officials, academics and industry representatives as part of a five-day programme. Pune: Transportation, healthcare and public service are issues that matter to the US and India and both countries want to learn from each other, said Utah senator Wayne Harper, who is part of a delegation of…
Pune is witnessing largely overcast conditions ever since the monsoon onset Pune: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast generally cloudy skies with light to moderate rainfall over the city till June 29, indicating that intermittent showers are likely over the coming days.The IMD’s latest local forecast rainfall in the city was expected to taper…
