Supply remained disrupted in many pockets till late Friday evening leading to an almost two-day closure Pune: Delay in restoration of water supply to Hadapsar, Kondhwa and Yerawada on Friday left residents agitated after Thursday’s closure. Supply remained disrupted in many pockets till late Friday evening leading to an almost two-day closure.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s…
Pune: The civic administration may decide to further postpone resuming alternate-day water supply at its review meeting on Wednesday as the combined storage in four dams in the Khadakwasla circle crossed the 18 TMC-mark on Tuesday evening, roughly matching the city’s annual water quota.Mayor Manjusha Nagpure had last week deferred a decision on water cuts…
The Khadakwasla dam in Pune district has reached its full capacity Pune: Residents and corporators across the city are against imposing water cuts again after the civic body suspended the cuts and alternate-day supply plan till Sunday, as the palkhi is set to end on Sunday.They are citing a good spell of rainfall that has…
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…
Mumbai: The city is witnessing increasing anxiety as water reserves fall due to the absence of rain, and the BMC enforces strict water cuts as lakes dry up. A comparable situation occurred in 2009. That year, after the monsoon’s delayed arrival, the civic body first introduced a 10% water cut on June 9. When the…
As taps run dry, dependency on private water tankers has surged across parts of the city Pune: Residents and elected representatives from the Pune’s merged areas are mounting pressure on Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), demanding a rethink of the current alternate-day water schedule and replace it with a daily one-hour supply.Corporators from Khadakwasla, Kondhwe Dhavde,…
MSEDCL staff conduct repairs of fire-damaged cables Pune: Several areas near the city airport in Lohegaon faced a power outage for close to three hours on Tuesday night after garbage dumped in a nullah in the Kalas area caught fire, causing damage to the cable network.“Electricity supply was interrupted around 10.30pm on Tuesday night. It…
The civic body will reconsider the proposal to operate civic English-medium schools Pune: The standing committee of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday postponed a decision on financial aid to an NGO to operate its English-medium schools. The proposal from the administration was to run five schools for nine years on a public-private partnership basis…
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,…
Visitors at Khadakwasla dam enjoy the scenic view Pune: A citizens’ group on Wednesday urged Pune Municipal Corporation to reconsider its plan to impose precautionary alternate-day water supply, proposing once-a-week closure from June 15 to July 15 to ease the burden on residents.In a letter addressed to civic chief Naval Kishore Ram, head of Sajag…
