Pune:Unchecked garbage dumping across forest pockets in the fringe areas of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits is emerging as a serious ecological concern, endangering wildlife and disrupting the natural balance of these green zones, forest officials and environmentalists have warned.The problem is particularly visible along major highways, including the Pune-Nashik, Mumbai-Bengaluru, old Pune-Mumbai, Pune-Solapur,…

Pune: Maharashtra labour minister Akash Fundkar has urged that developers register construction workers under the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare (BOCW) scheme.BOCW aims at the skilling, safety and welfare of workers. “Each year, the state govt undertakes skilling of 2 lakh workers, but is faced with the inability to do more since registrations are…

Pune: A fine arts teacher working with a private school was found dead in her Keshavnagar flat on Saturday night. Preliminary investigations suggest she died by suicide.Senior inspector Smita Wasnik of Mundhwa police station told TOI, “We recovered a note from the flat, purportedly written by the deceased, which stated, ‘I am unable to live…