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Pune: The civic body is expected to establish a task force for effective implementation of sensor-based pollution monitoring systems at construction sites.Head of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s environment department Santosh Warule said, “Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has given guidelines to establish sensor-based air quality monitoring systems at construction sites. It aims to reduce related…

Pune: A team of PMC and police officials swung into action to remove street vendors from Shivaji Road after a state minister was caught in the traffic jam on Thursday evening but the drive fizzled out after a group of around 60 hawkers put up a stiff resistance, claiming that the civic body had issued…

Pune: Two people, including a woman, allegedly extorted Rs6,000 from a lodge employee, Mithileshkumar Pal (19) of Dhankawdi, after impersonating police personnel around 5.15am on Wednesday.They abducted Pal in a hatchback car and let him off near Swargate after forcing him to transfer Rs 6000 to their UPI application. Pal later walked to the lodge…

Pune: The Rural police have busted a gang involved in abducting people with learning difficulties and forcing them to work at different places, mostly farms. The Khed police have arrested four gang members, including a woman. “We rescued five people with learning difficulties from a farm in a village in Khed taluka on Wednesday. We…