Updated: Apr 05, 2018 17:03 IST A 63-year-old farmer from Beed district gave a new lease of life to his 35-year-old son who needed a kidney transplant. The father donated his kidney to his ailing son, who underwent a kidney transplant surgery at the Sassoon General Hospital on Wednesday. This surgery was the first transplantContinue reading
Updated: Apr 05, 2018 17:21 IST Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited (PSCDCL), in partnership with Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), are deploying roof-top solar panels to make the university a smart solar university. SPPU and Smart City corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four empaneled firms in the solar energy space. KiranContinue reading
Updated: Apr 06, 2018 17:15 IST With work on Paud road on at full swing, Maha-Metro will start work on the Metro rail project at Karve road from Friday. Owing to the Metro rail work, traffic authorities have prohibited parking on both sides of the road. There will be around eight to 10 pillars erectedContinue reading
Updated: Apr 04, 2018 15:21 IST The Centre sanctioned Rs.27 crore to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Smart City project to commence the tendering process of area-based development. The Smart City project is being implemented by the Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Limited (PCSCL) board which is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of equal jointContinue reading
Updated: Apr 05, 2018 15:34 IST The central government has substantially hiked budgetary allocation for the Metro projects in Pune. An amount of Rs 1,322 crore has been allocated for the Pune Metro Project, said statement by Maha-Metro Corporation, which is responsible for executing the project.The total budgetary allocation for the Pune and Nagpur MetroContinue reading
Updated: April 6, 2018 8:13:04 am The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is going to have state-of-the-art e-toilets at 11 locations across Pune. Each e-toilet will be operated by coins, have a voice assisted system, napkin destroyer and restroom with baby diaper changing station, mobile charger point and automatic room freshner. The initiative has been launchedContinue reading
Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 23:54 IST Pune: Citizens who wish to dispose of banned plastic items can approach the ward offices of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), where arrangements have been made for collection of plastic items. “Instructions have been issued to sanitary inspectors in all ward offices. They will assist citizens in disposing of plasticContinue reading
A. The stretch between Garware Chowk and the College of Agriculture will be developed. This route is 2.4-km long and 24m wide. The PMC will be developing cycle tracks, laying paving blocks and building public toilets along the stretch. As part of this project, citizens can also expect flowerbeds and better lighting along the road. These areContinue reading
Apr 5, 2018, 23:53 IST Pimpri Chinchwad: The waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Moshi garbage depot will be a successful project as the calorific value of garbage is very high, said Sanjay Kulkarni, executive engineer of PCMC’s environment department. Kulkarni said, “In a joint venture, Brazilian firm Lara Enviro and Indian agency Anthony Enviro Private Ltd wilContinue reading
Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 11:56 IST PUNE: Students from Orchid School emerged victorious, while two teams from Vidya Valley School won the second prize in the Worldwide Nasa Ames Space Settlementcontest 2018, a competition held by Nasa, National Space Society and the San Jose University. Nasa had received more than 2,500 entries for the competition from an estimatedContinue reading
