Ajit Pawar Pushes for Separate Municipal Corporations in Hinjewadi, Chakan, and Phursungi
Pune: To address mounting infrastructure challenges in Pune’s fast-growing suburbs, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has announced plans to create three new municipal corporations for Hinjewadi, Chakan, and Phursungi. Speaking in Chakan on Friday after reviewing ongoing road works, Pawar said, “There is a need to create a separate municipal corporation for the area […]
PMC Launches Drive Against Plastic, Waste Violations; Notices to Be Issued to Commercial Establishments
Despite a citywide ban on plastic and repeated awareness campaigns, its rampant use continues across Pune. To tackle this, the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department has launched a fresh campaign to issue notices to commercial establishments violating waste management rules. The initiative, aimed at enforcing stricter compliance with waste segregation and […]
Ambil Odha: Pune’s Forgotten Stream, Now a Deadly Drain
₹200 Crore Delay. 21 Lives Lost. Who Killed Ambil Odha? Scientific studies warned us in 2013. The city drowned in 2019. The funds are still missing in 2025. Encroachments, corruption, and ignored warnings led Pune into a flood trap. Every monsoon, Ambil Odha turns roads into rivers and homes into flood zones. Once a natural […]
Poona Hospital Faces Allegations of Withholding Deceased Body Over Unpaid Bills
Pune l Poona Hospital and Research Centre in Sadashiv Peth is facing serious allegations after being accused of withholding a deceased patient’s body due to unpaid bills under the Urban Poor Medical Assistance Scheme managed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The family claims the hospital refused to release the body at night and delayed […]
Wanowrie Residents Frustrated as Incomplete Drainage Work Brings Traffic Chaos
Daily life in Pune’s Wanowrie area has taken a hit due to stalled drainage work near Samvidhan Chowk and Jagtap Chowk, close to Sacred World Mall. The project, meant to improve local infrastructure, has instead turned into a source of serious public inconvenience. For over 10 days, large portions of the road have remained dug […]