Devotees, organisers and the administration are using AI to make the procession a more memorable experience. Right from creating pictures, videos and graphics for social media to tackling serious logistics, AI is being roped in Pune: The ashadhi wari procession has always been known for its precision, management and discipline and has now included AI.Devotees,…
Physiotherapy students from colleges across Pune provide foot massages and stretching sessions for warkaris Pune: The city’s schools, temple premises, community halls and open grounds transform into temporary homes for lakhs of warkaris of the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj and the Sant Tukaram Maharaj palkhis halting in Pune, before they resume their journey to Pandharpur. While…
The palkhi of Sant Tukaram Maharaj arrives in Pune city on Thursday evening Pune: As a bleak dawn broke over the rain-soaked skies of Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday, every road, decorated with colourful rangolis, seemed to lead towards Pune city, welcoming the palkhis of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj.By Thursday afternoon, the cacophony…
Rescue efforts in Ektanagari on Wednesday (July 8). Photo by Shyam Sonar Pune: The last time residents of Ektanagari were alerted of serious flooding was in 2024, when Khadakwasla dam released water at 35,000 cusec, overnight.This year, it took discharge at just 27,000 cusec to inundate the area’s homes and parking lots. On Wednesday, nearly…
Pune: The collective stock in the four dams of the Khadakwasla circle rose by 0.50 TMC on Saturday — enough to meet the city’s water needs for 10 days — as Temghar, Varasgaon and Panshet each recorded over 100mm of rainfall in the 24 hours till evening amid intensified monsoon activity in the catchment areas.Irrigation…
Garbage in the Mutha riverbed Pune: The civic body, in the past two years, has imposed a total fine of Rs 80 lakh on 1,170 violators for illegally dumping construction and demolition waste along nullahs, open plots and river beds.According to civic officials, illegal dumping was not only defacing civic areas but also raising the…
The daily flight movements stand at an average of 208 out of the total 235 slots Pune: Airlines like Air India and IndiGo have curtailed domestic operations in the country because of the West Asia conflict, but not so in Pune where 208 of the available 235 slots are occupied, said airport director Santosh Dhoke…
Irrigation department officials say plans are afoot to conserve nearly 4.25 TMC of water in the four dams of the Khadakwasla circle Pune: The state irrigation department is likely to stop the ongoing water release from the Khadakwasla dam into the Mutha canal by this weekend as Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) gears up to impose…
General pic of Metro line 3 Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi route Pune: The first phase of Pune Metro Line 3, covering 12 stations between Maan (Hinjewadi) and Ramnagar (Baner), will become operational by July 15 “under any circumstance”, PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari said on Wednesday.He added that four more stations on the metro corridor, including Shivajinagar,…
According to the residents, the problem isn’t just disruption, but the agonising delay in water supply recovery Pune: Residents on Wednesday flagged persistent air pockets in underground pipelines as a major concern ahead of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) planned alternate-day water supply from next week.The doubts persisted despite PMC clarification that, over the past year,…
