Pune Last year this time, around three villages and 10 wadis in Pune district was receiving water via tankers. This figure was in unison with the groundwater level in the district that later dropped to an average of 6.17 metres in May last year.

Pune In 2004, Dilip Mehta, a villager in Phursungi had to discontinue using water from his well. Reason: water was found to be unfit for consumption. Mehta said the well had been changing colour for years.

Pune With summer kicking in, district administration repairs pipelines, gets borewells ready and banks on tankers

With the mercury levels touching 39 degrees the district administration is already putting together a scheme for the rural areas which are likely to face severe water shortage in the coming months.

Pune Land acquisition : Activists hail Chavan

Pune A Campaign that started two years ago to promote watershed development activities in villages of Pune district is expected to bear fruit this summer, expect groundwater survey and development agency (GSDA) officials.

Pune The National Housing Census and National Population Register drive in Pune district will begin on May 1. This is the seventh population census to be undertaken by 2011.

Pune DEVELOPMENT WORK: Standing panel revises allocation, civic spend in 11 months only 30% of amount earmarked this fiscal

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Thursday increased the budget

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) despite having 80 acres of garbage depot at Moshi has been permitted to have another 57 acres of land for waste processing and management by the state government. The PCMC will be implementing new waste disposal project on this 57 acres of land.

Pune The Forest Department

Pune-based vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) is looking at a mid-April date for the launch of their H1N1 nasal drop vaccine. The injectable variety of the vaccine will be available only in May.

The SII, which recently submitted the phase I clinical trial safety reports to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), began the vaccine development programme in mid-2009.