Pune dist reports 1,152 new COVID cases and 9 deaths over 24 hours
Pune dist reports 1,152 new COVID cases and 9 deaths over 24 hours
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Jul 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
On same day, 1,068 recoveries seen; state also records more cases, fewer recoveries
Pune district on Thursday reported 1,152 new coronavirus cases and nine fresh deaths in a span of 24 hours, health officials said. With the addition of these new infections, the district caseload rose to 10,68,081, while the fatality count increased to 18,138. At the same time, as many as 1,068 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the total number of recovered cases till date to 10,40,236.
3,500 units under PCMC scanner
3,500 units under PCMC scanner
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
Just days after
Tata Motors Limited (
TML) over unregistered properties on its premises, resulting in dues of Rs 200 crore in commercial property tax, the civic body has cracked down on more instances of the same in its vast industrial belt.
Now, the twin towns’ civic administration has started a special drive only for industries under its jurisdiction to identify any instances of unregistered properties on their grounds.
Commenting on the development, PCMC deputy commissioner Smita Zagade confirmed, “We have started this drive for industries to identify properties that were not registered with PCMC records earlier. There are an estimated nearly 3,500 industrial units that have extended constructions on their campuses without the permission of the civic administration.”
Rs 1cr to clean 2-km stretch
Rs 1cr to clean 2-km stretch
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
Undeterred by earlier outrage, civic chief Rajesh
Patil has yet again tabled controversial proposal to allow mechanised sweeping of roads wider than 18 m for a whopping Rs 464 crore. Oppn alleges unholy nexus between top politicians, proxy contractors
This proposal had created a huge uproar when tabled earlier during the
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) general body (GB) meeting. Corporators had alleged an unholy nexus between politicians and proxy contractors for grabbing the tender.
Undeterred by the setback though, PCMC commissioner Rajesh Patil has cast aside all impediments and tabled the proposal yet again. Now that your curiosity is piqued we will tell you what the proposal is about. It blatantly allows mechanised sweeping of roads wider than 18 metre in the twin towns at an approximate cost of Rs 464 crore for 928 km, over a perio
44 transfers in one day at PCMC
44 transfers in one day at PCMC
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
MISSION BREAK-THE-NEXUS!
Ahead of civic polls, municipal chief moves officials stuck in plum posts for years to new positions, slams any use of political pressure
Ahead of the upcoming municipal elections, top civic officials are beginning to tighten the grip on their administration. In an effort to break any nexus that may have taken root,
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (
PCMC) commissioner Rajesh Patil on Sunday transferred as many as 44 staffers of the twin towns’ civic body to new posts.
With the COVID-19 situation under control at the moment, attention has refocused onto other matters. The 44 officials, who were transferred this weekend, were stationed at the same department in a prime post for several years. Among them are three joint city engineers, eight executive engineers, 29 deputy engineers and four assistant health officia
PCMC lags in hsg society waste mgmt
PCMC lags in hsg society waste mgmt
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 11, 2021, 06:00 IST
As per
solid waste management rules, it is mandatory for bulk wet waste generators like housing societies that produce more than 100 kg of wet garbage daily to process it in their premises. But the industrial town of Pimpri-Chinchwad seems to have failed to implement it.
Among 2,000 housing societies on its jurisdiction, only 128 societies have availed the facility. Comparatively, among 4,078 housing societies in
Pune, 2,843 housing societies have set up a bulk wet waste disposal facility inside their premises.
The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (