Pune: Citizens’ groups have expressed hope that the draft Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) tabled on Friday would address gaps in last-mile connectivity from Metro stations in the city. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said during the presentation of CMP that the 30-year plan was aimed at resolving the city’s traffic congestion. A 300km Metro line network…
Nagpur: NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Saturday hinted that Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde might be preparing for a big political move. Responding to a media query on Shinde’s double-header trips to Delhi and his meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah, Pawar did not rule out the possibility of friction within the ruling…
New Delhi: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi, recently held IndiGo Airlines liable for deficiency in service due to unhygienic and stained seats on a flight, directing a compensation of Rs 1.75 lakh.The bench, comprising president Poonam Chaudhry and members Bariq Ahmed and and Shekhar Chandra, observed on July 18 that dirty seating…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has proposed extension of Hadapsar–Loni Kalbhor Metro line to Uruli Kanchan to ease traffic congestion on Pune–Solapur highway.The suggestion came during discussions on Pune city Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) tabled on Thursday, highlighting rapid population growth and increasing urbanisation in the city’s eastern suburbs.Pawar pointed out that while the…
In 2017, Shridhar Sawant and his friends pulled off a coup few can manage in Mumbai: they converted land reserved for a parking lot into a food forest. Pratiraksha Nagar, their building in Vakola, was a redeveloped project, and a 150×15 sq ft strip skirting the plot was to be asphalted; the building’s youth planted…
New Delhi: The wall collapse in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur was described by eyewitnesses as sounding like a bomb blast. According to the victims’ families, the tragedy might have been averted if the rain hadn’t confined the people indoors instead of going out to collect scrap as they usually did.At Safdarjung Hospital, Praveena was consoled by…
Pune: The city police used drones at night between Friday and Saturday for aerial combing operations over slum pockets in Shivajinagar and Parvati, checking the whereabouts of 43 people with criminal records.Police said the maiden experiment significantly reduced the time required for these operations. Shivajinagar police checked six criminals on police records after combing a…
Mumbai: The irritable resident doctor and the preoccupied consultant in a hospital could have one thing in common: Burnout.Burnout—classified by the World Health Organisation as an “occupational phenomenon” and not a medical diagnosis—is common among many professions, but medical research says physician burnout could affect the entire society (see box).A new national study has found…
New Delhi: The heavy showers on Saturday affected traffic movement across the capital. Motorists made heavy weather of waterlogged roads on the day of Raksha Bandhan festivities and they fumed and fretted as they were trapped in traffic jams for hours.Congestion was reported on Panchkuian Marg, Mathura Road, Shastri Bhawan, RK Puram, Moti Bagh, Lodhi…
(Pics on mail)Pune: Kalyaninagar’s Smita Sharma was shocked when she spotted stray dogs roaming on the Pune airport premises despite the PMC’s recent drive, after she de-boarded from a plane from Ranchi around 11pm last week.“How are they back on the airport premises? I doubt if the airport authorities and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are…
