Swachh Pune and Sundar Pune only on walls. Reality different
Swachh Pune and Sundar Pune only on walls. Reality different
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: Jun 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
Jayprakash Nagar
residents forced to live with hygiene issues, stench as road contractor dumps trash here; authorities turn blind eye
The residents of Jayprakash Nagar, a locality of
Viman Nagar, are irked as the road contractors have dumped additional material and
garbage on their street. The particular road now looks filthy, and the residents dread to cross by.
The irony is that the garbage and unnecessary material is dumped right against a wall which promotes a message of
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TRIMMERS SHAVE OFF TREES
PMC for permission to trim branches of 25
trees but the
contractor chopped off the trunk of six beyond permissible limits. Concerned residents immediately alerted the civic body to save the rest
The authority becomes mute spectators when it comes to violation of the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection Preservation of Trees Act. With this approach, the city’s greenery diminishes rapidly and alarmingly. Just to extract the precious wood, the officials have virtually allowed the timber mafia to rule and finish whatever little is remaining of the green cover the only source of fresh and natural oxygen on this planet.
PMC blames plot owners for waste dumping done by its own contractor
PMC blames plot owners for waste dumping done by its own contractor
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: May 25, 2021, 18:26 IST
Residents of society next to open plot in
Vadgaonsheri where unsegregated, biomedical garbage was being dumped finally kept vigil and caught civic contractor in the act; before this, local body had suspiciously shut down all complaints sans resolution
As per directions from the
Supreme Court, various pollution control boards have banned any kind of open dumping of unsegregated waste, which creates major health hazards. Accordingly, the
Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) is also supposedly implementing the rules and taking stringent action against institutions and individuals found violating norms under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act of 1949, as well as under environment protection laws.
Reopen Ramwadi underpass: Locals
They said route was shut for
Pune Metro work but all labourers fled due to pandemic; say unnecessary detours can be avoided
For the last 10 days, the
Ramwadi underpass on Nagar Road, which connects Kalyani Nagar and
Viman Nagar and also serves as an alternative route to reach
Pune airport, has been shut and this closure is likely to go on for at least six more months, authorities have declared, thanks to Pune Metro work slated by
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (
MahaMetro) at the spot.
However, it turns out that there is absolutely no sign of work on site at the moment because most of the workers have fled to their native place in view of the strict COVID-19 restrictions being imposed by the state government and
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