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TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2018, 14:55 IST  PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: As part of the smart city project, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will lay a 1,000km optical fibre network, install 270 Wi-Fi hotspots, 50 smart kiosks and Variable Message Display systems. Fibre infrastructure is an important component of the smart city initiative, and would connect municipal offices and other government institutions.Continue reading

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Joy Sengupta| TNN | Apr 22, 2018, 23:59 IST Pune: The Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) set up by Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) is up for scrutiny. The transport body has revived the practice of painting yellow boxes along bus stops and coordinating with the traffic police to ensure that drivers park the buses within the box area.Continue reading

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Siddharth Gaikwad| TNN | Updated: Apr 22, 2018, 12:51 IST PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The civic body will now be able to conduct the trial run of the bus service on the BRTS corridor on Pune-Mumbai highway following the high court’s permission. Rajan Patil, the joint city engineer of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation(PCMC), said, “The high court gave the permission during aContinue reading

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Sandip Dighe| TNN | Updated: Apr 22, 2018, 12:16 IST PUNE: The ministry of defence has given work the sanction order to the Airports Authority of India to carry out the expansion work at the Lohegaon airport. The defence estates officer (DEO), Rajendra Pawar, who had forwarded a proposal to the ministry in February, told TOI, “As per the procedures, this sanction wasContinue reading

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TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2018, 10:02 IST PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The civic body would not allow commercial establishments near the BRTS and Metro corridors to avoid congestions as well as accidents. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s town planning director, Prakash Thakur, said, “There will be traffic congestion if there are commercial establishments. There should be housesContinue reading

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Joy Sengupta| TNN | Apr 20, 2018, 07:39 IST PUNE: Commuters banking on autorickshaws can expect hassle-free rides following introduction of a softwarebased pre-paid system at four points of the city from May. Sources in the Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) and office holders in autorickshaw associations said the new system will allow people check the estimated distances and faresContinue reading

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