Concerns heighten over irregular garbage disposal by PMC across city areas | Pune News

Pune: Residents and citizens’ groups across city areas have raised concerns about the unabated mismanagement of solid waste disposal by the civic administration.According to them, irregular collection and below-capacity operations of processing plants have exacerbated the city’s long-standing garbage problem, leading to a piling up of trash in public spaces.A primary instance of the issue…

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PMC asks traffic police to ban heavy vehicles on Gangadham Road; CP proposes strict crackdown on drivers involved in fatal accidents | Pune News

Pune: The civic administration on Wednesday decided to set up height barriers to curb movement of heavy vehicles on Gangadham Road after a woman riding pillion on a scooter died and her father-in-law was injured when a truck hit their two-wheeler at Gangadham Chowk on the same day.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) also wants the…

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Serving Army soldier undergoes lung transplant after suffering from rare disease | Pune News

Pune: A 30-year-old serving Indian Army soldier successfully underwent a bilateral lung transplant at a private hospital in the city after he was diagnosed with Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) — a rare and progressive lung disease predominantly affecting young adult males.The disease causes immune cells, known as langerhans cells, to infiltrate the lungs. It…

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Woman riding pillion dies as truck hits scooter on no-entry road at Pune’s Gangadham Chowk | Pune News

Pune: A 29-year-old woman riding pillion on a scooter died and her father-in-law was injured after a truck hit their two-wheeler at Gangadham Chowk on Gangadham-Shatrunjay road, a stretch banned for heavy vehicles, around 11.15am on Wednesday.Police identified the deceased as Deepali Soni, a resident of Gangadham Road, and the injured scooter rider as Jagdish…

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