Pune: The civic body’s drive to pick up sterilised community dogs from roads along the palkhi procession route has drawn criticism from animal welfare volunteers, who questioned the legality and necessity of such exercises, which they said were increasingly being undertaken before major public events and VIP visits.Bhagyendra Chudasama, an animal welfare volunteer, said rounding…
A stretch of Shankarsheth Road which is part of the Palkhi Marg in disrepair Pune: Some parts of the Ashadhi wari palkhi routes damaged in the recent heavy showers were urgently repaired by the road department over the last two days when the rains took a break to prevent inconvenience to warkaris, said the Pune…
The deceased’s family alleged that the hospital delayed life-saving treatment because they could not immediately pay an advance deposit Pune: The PMC’s health department has issued a show-cause notice to Surya Sahyadri Hospital in Kasba Peth following the death of a 46-year-old woman. The deceased’s family alleged that the hospital delayed life-saving treatment because they…
Pune experienced significant waterlogging and traffic disruptions following heavy monsoon rains. PUNE: Pune continued to grapple with the aftermath of heavy monsoon showers on Thursday, with widespread waterlogging, traffic snarls and civic disruptions exposing shortcomings in the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) pre-monsoon preparedness.Around 250 complaints were received at the civic body’s control room as flooded…
Pune: Thirty families from flood-prone pockets of Aundh were relocated to a nearby municipal school on Monday as Pune Municipal Corporation activated 49 relief centres across the city to support residents affected by heavy rain, waterlogging and flooding.“A large contingent of manpower and machinery has been deployed on the ground to support disaster management operations…
Just four days of rain and Pune’s infrastructure shows early signs of distress as potholes emerge on major arterial roads. Pune: Showers in the catchments of Khadakwasla (16mm), Temghar (46mm), Panshet (45mm), and Varasgaon (44mm) dams have led to a sizeable increase in their water stock on SundayThese dams that provide water to Pune Municipal…
Heavy traffic congestion on Karve Road in Pune due to the rain on Sunday Pune: The showers that Pune district and the ghat areas experienced in the 24 hours from 8.30am on Saturday to Sunday somewhat quelled fears at least for now of the El Nino effect and its long shadow on the monsoon this…
Pune: The city is seeing an unsettling surge in typhoid and other intestinal infections this year, with doctors warning that the actual scale of the outbreak might be far greater than suggested by official figures.According to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) data, 38 cases of enteric fever (typhoid) were recorded till June 24. But infectious disease…
Illustration of an Indian private hospital representative receiving a show-cause notice from the civic body, highlighting a regulatory compliance dispute in the healthcare sector Pune: The civic body’s health department has issued show-cause notices to 15 private hospitals for allegedly flouting norms under the Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949 (BNHR), primarily for not prominently…
(L to R) Former chief of the Maharashtra Fire Service Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Assistant Director of the State Fire Service Kiran Hatyal and president of FSAI Sujal Shah at the conference Pune: Fire and life safety standards for a range of emerging infrastructure projects, including EV parking facilities, data centres, etc, are set to become mandatory…
