Abhay Khairnar

Pune’s water quota stays intact, says water resources minister

Water resources minister Girish Mahajan, during a meeting with Pune civic representative in Mumbai on Friday, revoked the decision and instructed officials to not make any change

Can Pune manage with reduced water quota every year?

With orders to reduce water supply, the question if the city’s demand will be met has caused worry.

Soon you can travel from Mundhwa, Kharadi and Kalyaninagar to Pune city without waiting at railway crossing. Here’s why

The railway overbridge at Ghorpadi is one of the most awaited and crucial projects owing to traffic congestion at the spot. With areas like Mundhwa, Kharadi and Kalyaninagar developing fast and attracting more population, the already existing traffic snarl is expected to worsen in the future.

In a strategic move based on population, Pune city’s water supply to be cut down

Activist blamed the conspiracy of BJP and officials to get citizens’ nod for the inflated estimated cost of the 24x7 water project

Pune metro to connect Shivajinagar, Pune station, Khadki and Kasarwadi railway stations for easy interchange

Maha-Metro managing director said the company is working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway, mainly Central Railways, for interlinking stations of both Pune Metro and railways at four points.

BJP VP asks RBI to clarify stand on not accepting demonetised notes from Pune co-op banks

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was in the city to attend a programme organised by BJP’s local unit to celebrate the first anniversary of demonetisation. BJP celebrated November 8 as the ‘Anti-Black Money Day’ in the city and had organised a signature drive to get a better understanding of the citizens’ response to the decision.

Metro will connect to Pune railway station near platform 6

Instead of running the Metro from main gate of the Pune railway station, Maha-Metro is now thinking to run it from Raja Bahadur Mill road.

After Janata Sahakari, another co-op bank fight for PMC salary accounts in Pune

While Janata Sahakari Bank’s vice-chairman acknowledged the bank’s affiliations to the RSS, the PMC Servants Co-operative Urban Bank also wants PMC salary deposits

Pune Metro land acquisition hits PMC roadblock

Officials mum on which 685 trees will make way for Pune Metro

Maha Metro asks RTI applicant to obtain details from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as project report for Pune Metro was prepared by DMRC

Two months on, Pune’s Chandani chowk flyover work yet to hit the pedal

Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Kothrud blamed the civic administration for not completing the land acquisition on priority basis.

Centre makes sure onion prices do not ‘tear-up’ upcoming Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh elections

Onion prices have shot up since the last two weeks due to less availability of onions in the market. The arrival of the new stock of onions, according to experts, has been delayed due to the recent rains in Maharashtra. With onion prices often becoming a politically sensitive issue, the BJP is wary of its impact on the crucial elections.

PMRDA CEO drops the Fadnavis card on ‘land bank’ worries for Pune Metro

PMRDA wants land belonging to Pune rural police at Pashan and within the College of Agriculture

Pune Mayor scraps municipal commissioner’s decision on road digging for mobile company

Mayor Mukta Tilak said that the commissioner did not follow the general body’s resolution as it had instructed the administration not to give fresh permission for road digging until the mobile firm’s dues were cleared. 

PMRDA plans Ring Road development, six TP schemes in Hadapsar area in Pune

The PMRDA on Saturday called a meeting with farmers and land owners at Handewadi to brief them about the Town Planning scheme and its benefits. Farmers from Nimbalkarwadi, Yewalewadi, Pisoli, Vadachiwadi, Handewadi-Autadwadi and Holkarwadi were invited for this meeting.

Tip-off about cartel came with hint about it breaking competition law, says Nagrik Chetna Manch president

fter careful scrutiny of the tender process for the garbage processing plants in question, Nagrik Chetna Manch president, Maj Gen SCN Jatar (retd), filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The commission, which has judicial powers, conducted a detailed inquiry.

Probe needed into all aspects of PMC’s garbage plant tenders, says Chetan Tupe

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Tupe said cartelisation in the PMC was very common. Recently, the 24x7 water project tenders were scrapped for the same reason to pre-empt any inquiry. The Competition Commission of India is bringing out all those issues on record which we were speaking of for the last many days,” he said.

Pune civic chief in the firing line for PMC’s “systemic failure” in garbage tender cartel case

The CCI, established under the ministry of corporate affairs for the administration, implementation and enforcement of the Competition Act, 2002, has also pointed at “the complicity of certain officials of PMC in uploading this tender.”

Pune’s garbage processing tender stinks of cartel; ‘match fixing,’ says CCI

Following a complaint from Nagrik Chetna Manch, an NGO of citizen-activists, the CCI conducted an enquiry and found that a bidders’ cartel was at work while filing the tender for the thermal composting garbage plants in 2014.

Pune’s new Collectorate goes green with solar panels running lighting systems

The newly-inaugurated state-of-the-art building of the Pune District Collectorate will occupy a place of pride in the city as it is one of the best state government buildings with the status of a 4 star green building.

Here’s the first look of the new integrated transport hub at Swargate

Maha Metro has prepared the conceptual design for the integrated transport hub and is also taking the help of IIT-Bombay and COEP for a detailed study and design

Now in Pune, you won’t get death certificate without Aadhaar number

If a person dies and does not have an Aadhaar number or has misplaced it, the relatives would need to submit an undertaking for it on a piece of paper. They will also need to give the Aadhaar number of close relatives with the application.

Vande Mataram will soon become mandatory in Pune’s civic body-run schools

Pune’s BRTS plan takes a hit as PMC focuses on Metro

Since most of the existing and proposed BRTS routes are overlapping to the Metro corridors, the PMC is thinking of changing the plan and converting them into feeder service.

PMC applies sudden brake on all BRTS extension projects

Despite getting an approval for the 68.80-km BRTS route in the city, the PMC has hardly been able to execute 16-km BRTS route on Ahmednagar and Alandi road.

BRTS infrastructure on Ahmednagar road to be brought down for metro work

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had spent crores of rupees for erecting bus stops, making dedicated lanes, installing Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS) and automatic sliding doors for bus stops, but all this infrastructure will soon go to waste as work on this BRTS corridor has already begun.

153 chowks, 45 roads to become hawker-free zones in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation implements 2008 hawker policy

Citizens discuss Pune Cycle Plan, promotion of cycling in city

The citizens also organised themselves in groups, with each group discussing suggestions for the draft cycle plan; how to work towards its approval and ensure that the draft Pune Cycle Plan is approved and implemented.

Pune international airport project readies for takeoff

Land acquisition to be completed in three months as 80% farmers give nod to the project, says minister Vijay Shivtare

Pune’s perennial pothole problem

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) spends crores of rupees on road repair every year and even carries out the pre-monsoon work yet every time heavy rainfall lashes the city, potholes emerge in most of the parts of the city.