Pune: Pavana dam, the primary source of drinking water for Pimpri Chinchwad, reached 97% of its storage capacity following heavy rainfall in catchment areas, prompting residents and political leaders to step up demands for Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to withdraw the additional 15% water cut imposed last month.The city already receives water on alternate…
Rescue teams wound up search operations at the Moshi waste depot on Sunday Pune: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of The Times of India report on the collapse of the administrative building at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant inside the Moshi garbage depot and listed the matter for hearing…
Pune: Civic officials on Saturday revealed that an occupancy certificate had been issued only for the ground floor of the three-storey administrative building that collapsed at the PCMC waste-to-energy plant in Moshi on Wednesday, raising questions about possible building-rule violations as rescue operations entered their fourth day.Officials of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation building permission…
Rescuers at the crash site on Friday Pune: At the Moshi waster-to-energy plant, time stands still and yet rushes by. More than 56 hours after its administrative building caved in when tons of garbage slammed into it, rescue teams continued battling unstable debris, heaps of waste and toxic gases on Friday in an effort to…
Officials said the heavy and relentless rain in the area since Sunday might have dislodged the massive mound of garbage that crashed on the PCMC’s waste-to-energy plant building PUNE: A mountain of legacy waste piled up in the Moshi garbage depot for years collapsed on a three-storey administrative building located 30 metres away at Pimpri…
PCMC officials rescue stranded residents to relief centers Pune: Heavy rain triggered flood-like conditions in several parts of Pimpri Chinchwad on Monday, prompting the civic administration to evacuate more than 4,200 people from low-lying areas to relief centres set up in municipal schools.Civic officials said the shelters have been equipped with food, medical assistance and…
“No water” notice on display outside the restroom of a restaurant near Pashan highlights the worsening water situation across the city Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will introduce an additional 15% cut in alternate day water supply from Saturday as the Pavana dam’s stock depleted significantly in the absence of rainfall, prompting the possibility of…
PCMC demolished illegal under-construction religious structure at Joggers Park in Chikhali Pune: Days after a political controversy had erupted over an alleged illegal religious structure inside Joggers Park in Shivtejnagar area of Chikhali, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Wednesday demolished the under-construction building.Civic officials said the action was carried out in Ward No. 11…
