Pune mayor’s nudge for Kharadi CCC operational
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Apr 20, 2021, 06:00 IST
A day after
Mirror published the news as to how a wellequipped 200-bed COVID care centre (
CCC) in Kharadi is ready with all the basic facilities since three months, but still lying unused and completely neglected from the planning, Mayor
Muralidhar Mohol asked the health department of
Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) to make this facility operational in the next few days. It has also been instructed to make 50
oxygen beds operational.
As per the plan, apart from the 50 oxygen beds, 300 additional beds will be utilised as an isolation facility. The centre is located inside Late Vithoba Pathare Sports Complex –cum-auditorium in Kharadi Gaothan area located just a few meters away from the Eon IT Park and Magarpatta-Kharadi Road.
Now, MSEDCL starts staff bands to appeal for payment of bills
Now, MSEDCL starts staff bands to appeal for payment of bills
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 14:45 IST
employees to sing at chowks and raise
awareness on its Rs 682 cr in pending dues from 2,50,202
defaulters in Pune city, twin towns
After a long and difficult lockdown, as well as publicly criticised chaos ensuing in its billing systems right thereafter, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (
MSEDCL) now finds itself in an ironically powerless situation. Having identified as many as 13.86 lakh defaulters in Pune district including 2,50,202 defaulters in Pune city and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas alone who have not paid their electricity
Nagar Road in a shambles again
Nagar Road in a shambles again
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: Mar 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
PWD officials blame issue on traffic movement amid laying pipelines
Within days of Nagar Road being repaired, the route has started developing cracks again, while a part of the busy thoroughfare also reportedly subsided. The crisis has slowed down traffic on the stretch.
Commuters and locals are furious about the deplorable condition of the road and have alleged that public funds of over Rs 200 crore spent on the repair have gone down the drain, adding that the situation is worse than before.
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PMC expects 100 staffers to trace 24,000 contacts of patients daily
PMC expects 100 staffers to trace 24,000 contacts of patients daily
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Mar 8, 2021, 06:00 IST
AUTHORITIES REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES
Severe lack of manpower as all staff designated to contact tracing are back in their original depts after last year’s
COVID crisis peak; with fresh rise in cases, ward-level teams struggle with impossible expectations, demand that senior officials wake up before things worsen
n a 24-hour burst on Saturday, the Pune Metropolitan Region (
PMR) recorded around 2,000 fresh COVID-19 cases the highest seen since October 9 last year.
Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) areas individually added 963 cases, making the situation more serious for city limits. Every day, dozens of patients are once again losing the battle to the novel coronavirus.