Babus take PMC for a ride
Babus take PMC for a ride
ByAvinash RajputAvinash Rajput / Updated: Jul 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
PMC internal audit notices over 100 officials taking transport allowance and using office vehicles for daily transport, visits; as inter-dept blame game erupts, amounts to be recovered from their salaries
Our civic officials don’t seem to be ‘conveying’ the right message to citizens. In an internal audit of various departments,
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has noticed that there are over 100 cases wherein officials have been claiming a transport allowance and still using office vehicles for daily transport and visits.
An inquiry will now list out all such officials using dual benefits, to recover the amount from their salaries since the month of vehicle allotment. PMC further plans to discontinue their transport allowance until that official is utilising government vehicles.
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Finally, PMC plans to stop digging up roads
Finally, PMC plans to stop digging up roads
ByAvinash RajputAvinash Rajput / Updated: Jun 4, 2021, 07:10 IST
Amid criticism of shoddy work and delays,
civic administration issues notices to all
road contractors to stop digging, do repairs.
Despite
monsoon being around the corner, various roads in and around the city continue to be dug up for various development works. But now, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had finally decided to stop this activity. The move follows major criticism from opposition parties and activists, blaming the civic authorities for allowing shoddy work and deliberate delays in competing road projects by May-end.
Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 15:33 IST
Apart from the passengers, even several PMPML staffers, mainly bus drivers and conductors, do not wear masks, they added. PMPML travellers irked with many not wearing face-masks | Photo Credit: PTI
The COVID-19 crisis continues to rule the roost nationwide. While the recoveries have also increased with time, the second wave of the novel coronavirus has hit the country with several active cases still emerging from various states, such as West Bengal, Telangana, Maharashtra, etc.
Thus, citizens have been advised to strictly adhere to all COVID-19 protocols, such as maintaining social distancing and wearing masks in public places. However, violations of the protocols have continued to hamper India s progress in the fight versus the deadly invisible enemy.
Travellers of PMPML buses irked over many not wearing facemask indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.