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Although the Central Information Commission (CIC) has begun hearing second appeals related to COVID-19 issues on priority basis, thanks to citizen activism, the central and public information officers (PIOs) particularly of the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) continue to deny information under various sub-sections of Section 8 of the RTI Act.
However, in a queer case that should raise eyebrows and call for stern action, a corporator from Pune, in his ambition to do an a la
Narendra Modi, has procured personal details of those vaccinated in his ward and is sending them copies of the official certificate which has prime minister (PM) Modi’s photograph as well as another certificate with his photograph and the Co-WIN logo embossed on it.
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.
Excessive cutting of trees to benefit mafia
Excessive cutting of trees to benefit mafia
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: May 30, 2021, 06:00 IST
Contractors axe trees and sell wood in timber markets, allege activists
Six fully grown trees were hacked on the premises of Bramha Sun City in Vadgaon Sheri on Friday. Similarly, a couple of months ago, the
Tree Authority illegally allowed the management committee of ‘Concord Proxima’ housing society in Baner to prune 22-year-old trees from the top instead of the side, in the name of reducing the threat due to excessive height of the trees, allege activists. They also allege that during the pre-monsoon trimming, the
Active cases and death toll on the rise again
Active cases and death toll on the rise again
BySalonee MistrySalonee Mistry / Updated: Apr 8, 2021, 06:00 IST
Pune is 62
The number of active cases in the district is yet again on a rise. The total active cases reported in the last 24 hours in Pune district stands at 10,907, bringing the total number of active cases in the district to 6,04,037 till date.
In Pune district, the
Pune Municipal Corporation recorded 5,651 cases and 2,784 in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation limits. The total number of fresh active cases in Pune rural is 1791, in councils 533 and in cantonment 148.
From among the active cases 19,907 are in hospital isolation and 64,619 are in home isolation. The total number of recovered cases on Wednesday are 7,832 and 5,09,278 till date in the district. The death cases reported in the district went slightly up and stand at 62 as compared to Tuesdays, 58 deaths. The total deaths till date in the district have