Pune While the city is already reeling under a ten per cent water cut, there are chances of a further five per cent slash in water supply. The irrigation department has mooted the proposal, taking into consideration the need for water for the rest of the year, including next summer.
Pune Fleet to be deployed only in Mumbai in first phase
The much-awaited eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses
will skip Pune, at least in the first phase of deployment. As many as 60 buses were to be rolled out in Pune after the assembly elections, Now, these buses are to start plying in Mumbai.
Pune A study conducted by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiative, South Asia, has revealed that Pune emits 1.31 tonnes carbon dioxide, well below the average 1.75 tonnes emission in other Indian cities, every year.
Pune After going through a difficult time meeting the drinking water demands of the city, Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to rejuvenate existing water bodies in its jurisdiction along with finding new sources of fresh water.
Pune The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) would be hit hard as its Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project will see a massive cost escalation.
Pune Even as swine flu has been taking its toll on the city in the last two months, two strains of the dengue virus have also been on the prowl, say city-based doctors.
So much so that dengue patients are being wrongly diagnosed for swine flu due to the similarity of the symptoms, says Dr Rajesh Gadia. Till mid-September, Dr Gadia has admitted 47 new patients to the KEM hospital.
Pune On Tuesday, a famliar face of the industry in Pune will be attending the United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change, at the the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Pramod Chaudhari, chairman, Praj Industries
Limited, global leaders in biofuels solutions, will participate in the Forum.
Pune In its hurry to get on with the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), the Pune Municipal Corporation seems to have given a go-by to accessing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to overcome its water woes.
In the last five years, no Central funding has been sought to improve the city
