PUNE: Mercury is rising in the state, but things are not as stark as the last year in terms of the water stock. Around 29 major dams in Pune division together have about 16% more water than they did around this time in 2017, according to an irrigation department report. Pune division comprises Satara, Kolhapur,Continue reading
PUNE: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority(MahaRERA) will adopt a stringent monitoring system to ensure that 88% of the 16,300 projects registered with it are completed by 2022. MahaRERA secretary Vasant Prabhu shared this information with TOI on Monday, a day before the authority completes one-year of implementation. “After registering with MahaRERA, officials can monitor the completion ofContinue reading
PUNE: Wastepickers’ collective SWaCH has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to initiate a discussion on the use of multi-layered plastics in Maharashtra. Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) said these multi-layered plastics used for packaging chips, wafers, biscuits, chocolates and candies are the actual problem for wastepickers. “Besides, this kind of plastic waste is non-recyclable,” Aparna Susarla ofContinue reading
PUNE: Citizens can hope for relief from road digging in about a fortnight as the Pune Municipal Corporation has set a deadline of May 15 to stop all such works. Aniruddha Pavaskar, the head of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s road department, told reporters, “Instructions have been given to those digging the roads to complete the jobContinue reading
Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body has invited social groups to contribute to this year’s environment status report to be submitted on July 31 by giving suggestions. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s environment department chief, Sanjay Kulkarni, said, “The municipal corporation has started preparing the report as per the guidelines of the Maharashtra Pollution ControlContinue reading
PUNE: The Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) will distribute two garbage bins each to 10,000 households under its limits free of cost to promote segregation of wet and dry waste. Amol Jagtap, KCB’s chief executive officer, said, “Last year, we had distributed an equal number of bins at Ammunition Factory Khadki(AFK) quarters and some civilian areas. This year, we willContinue reading
The 6 th Pune Glimpse Art Festival organised by a group of five youngsters Madhura Korhalkar, Amarja Korhalkar, Suruchi Patil, Bhushan Vaidya and Rohit Watve brought together artists, who work in different mediums like sketching, pebble art, quillingetc. The three-day festival had more than 40 artists exhibiting their work. Speaking about how the fest is different from other exhibitions, Madhura, one the organisers, said,Continue reading
Pimpri Chinchwad: Thousands of commuters from Pimpri Chinchwad using the Dapodi-Bopodi road can hope to get rid of the daily traffic congestion as the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will be constructing a parallel road. The Dapodi-Bopodi road provides an alternative to commuters from Pimpri Chinchwad who use the Pune-Mumbai highway but face traffic nearContinue reading
PUNE: The Maharashtra MetroRail Corporation (MahaMetro) has started construction work on the Garware college station on Karve Road. This is the fourth station on the Paud Road-Karve Road stretch on which work has begun. MahaMetro had initiated civil construction of three stations on Paud Road in the past few months. Garware college station is the first onContinue reading
The Mahavir Food Bank was launched in the year 2000 as an initiative to alleviate hunger among the homeless and deprived across the district of Pune. It started out donating grains and groceries to about 20 to 25 organisations catering to orphans, widows, the homeless and the poor. But over the years, this number of partner organisationsContinue reading
