Dheeraj Bengrut

4th track in Bhor Ghat, tunnels planned for better rail traffic on Mumbai-Pune route

Pune-Mumbai ghat section up line bridge extension work to be completed by mid-Jan: CR

The Central Railway will complete work on the extension of a 35-year-old bridge, by mid-January, an official said on Tuesday

Saving PMPML, part 4: In-house store opened to address spare parts shortage

Unit is situated at the central store room, PMPML Swargate head office

Saving PMPML, part 3: E-bus over-crowding, breakdowns worry commuters

Over-loading of buses during peak hours renders air-conditioning ineffective making the bus extremely stuffy and the excess load has also led to bus breakdowns, say passengers

What I commit to do: Will make Hadapsar a tanker-free constituency, says Chetan Tupe, MLA, Hadapsar

NCP leaders says water supply is a major problem that Hadapsar residents are facing for years.

Saving PMPML, part 2: Route rationalisation to heal poor financial health of public transport body

Since the formation of the PMPML, in 2007, there has been no major reshuffle of the existing 375 routes in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad

Encroachment biggest culprit for flash floods in Pune, says citizens group survey

On September 25, 2019, heavy rain triggered flash flood in parts of south Pune, claiming 26 lives. Over 2,400 vehicles also were damaged in the incident

Saving PMPML, part 1 - ‘Scrap all buses 12-years old, and more, immediately’

Principal Speak: Training techno managers to be industry ready

Prof Abhijeet Chirputkar, director, Symbiosis Institute of Digital and Telecom Management, a constituent of Symbiosis International (deemed university), is an MCom rank holder from the University of Pune and a Chartered Accountant

What I commit to do: Sunil Tingre, Wadgaonsheri MLA flags traffic woes as target no 1

Passengers suffer as platform no.1 of Pune railway station undergoes repair

Senior citizens and children struggle to board trains as they are forced to walk on debris and cement lying on the platform.

One month after Pune flash floods: Search still on for missing persons

Victor Sangle (26), who had an amputated leg was driving from Vimannagar to visit his cousin house in Wanowrie, while computer engineer Nikita Thutte was swept away by the raging currents of water that over-ran the Wadgaon flyover

NCP’s Pune stars rise in the east: Party wins in Hadapsar, Wadgaonsheri

In Hadapsar, NCP’s Chetan Tupe defeated sitting MLA Yogesh Tilekar by a thin margin of 2,820 votes; while in Wadgaonsheri, BJP’s Jagdish Mulik lost to NCP’s Sunil Tingre by 4,975 votes

One month since Pune’s flash floods: Monsoon and hardships here to stay, ask flood-affected

Residents fear that in case incessant heavy rains continue they will have no option, but to run out of houses like in the past; district collector says regular follow-ups are in place

Students should develop science for society: Manoj Bhat, NCCS director

Open day provides students with an opportunity to interact with scientists and know more about research work undertaken and how science can help society, says Bhat

Administration’s apathy upsets Pune’s flash flood victims to boycott polls

Many residents of Sahakarnagar’s Tangewala colony, one of the worst affected areas due to flash floods, boycotted voting following administration’s apathy while carrying out rehabilitation work

Police today is ill-equipped to deal with large economic scams, says Umranikar, former DGP Maharashtra

Umranikar, feels that the corporate sector and enforcement agencies need greater empowerment to prevent and detect big-ticket financial frauds

Earn and learn scheme: Students protest SPPU’s ‘no work on holidays’ rule

Students allege, the rule will reduce their monthly income by Rs1,000; demand increase in per hour rates on working days

Woes continue for waterlogged Tangewala colony residents

We are yet to lead a normal life as our houses gets filled with water and sludge after heavy downpour, say residents

World Mental Health Day: 1,654 distress calls in 6 months in Pune, half of them from men

In a bid to create awareness about mental health, World Mental Health Day, is organised every October 10, which was started by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992

World Sight Day: Pune ophthalmologist urges citizens to go through simple eye test to prevent vision impairment, blindness

It is important to know that 75 per cent of all blindness and moderate to severe vision loss is avoidable, says Dr Samita Moolani Katara

Sluggish vehicle sales in Pune this Dussehra; RTO officials hope Diwali fires up purchases

Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) division said that of the total 5,932 vehicles registered in one day on Dussehra, 1,515 were four-wheelers, as against 970 four-wheelers sold last year. During

Shooting in Old Sangvi: Experts call for guidance to check aggression among teenagers

Why are these buses running on Pune’s roads?

344 PMPML buses to be scrapped by end of 2019: Chief engineer Kailas Gawade

Kailas Gawade, PMPML chief engineer explains the challenges, and the plans to keep damaged buses off the road

Iucca, Pune varsity MoU to open doors on unique research opportunities

The collaborative programmes will be carried out between Iucca and the SPPU departments of Physics, Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Technology, Electronics, Instrumentation Science in areas of mutual interest

Female students protest absence of basic amenities at SPPU hostel

The group of 100 female students from various departments handed over their list of demands to the vice-chancellor at 11.30 am

Biz lit fest is where knowledge meets wisdom, muses organiser Aruna Katara

College of Engineering Pune will host the second edition of India Business Literature Festival on Saturday, October 5

Gandhi’s connect with nature at Pune’s National Institute of Naturopathy

Gandhi stayed for 156 days at this small clinic inside a bungalow at Tadiwala road, behind Pune railway station, since 1944 after he met Dr Mehta

Waded through floodwater? Beware of leptospirosis, say Pune doctors

After the incessant rains in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department has said that the residents are at risk of contracting leptospirosis and they have issued an alert regarding this to all the PMC-run hospitals