If Bapat is the common man but an uncompromising citizen, Mundhe’s appeal is different and Dipke clocks a totally different rizz Pune: Is your Diwali social media feed flooded with action against adulterated khoya, spices, warehouses and ingredients used to make sweets, as it is with festive posts? Have you come across reels featuring a…
Residents continued to burst firecrackers in residential lanes and bylanes during Diwali celebrations despite court restrictions on their use Pune: Diwali this year brought a sharp rise in air and noise pollution to the city.Noise levels during celebrations showed a contrasting trend across areas, with night-time equivalent noise level (Leq) readings increasing at all seven…
A layer of smog hung over the skyline near Ravet on Monday morning Pune: After Diwali day celebrations, the air left behind poses an immediate and serious health threat to many. Firecracker smoke and winter smog can sharply raise levels of fine particulate matter, including PM2.5, which travels deep into the lungs and triggers inflammation,…
Pune: Dighi police on Sunday registered a case against six men for allegedly assaulting a man following a dispute over spitting on a public road.The 35-year-old victim, a resident of Alandi, suffered injuries to his back and shoulders in the attack, police said.An officer from the Dighi police said the complainant works for a private…
A garden being redesigned amid water shortages Pune: Residents in areas such as Kondhwa, Bhugaon, Kharadi, Baner and Hadapsar are redesigning their home gardens by replacing water-intensive plants with drought-resistant varieties, with water conservation becoming a priority amid growing concerns over shortages.The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) garden department is also working towards developing more climate-resilient…
General view of Panshet Dam Pune: Authorities will stop releasing water from the Khadakwasla circle dams for rural areas by this weekend, leaving around 21.5 TMC of water in the four dams to meet the requirements of Pune city and rural areas over the next nine months. The existing stock is around 5.5 TMC lower…
For Reshma Pathan, education is a way to change her circumstances PUNE: Classes in the morning, sweeping streets at night, and on off days, 25-year-old Reshma Pathan would turn to a quiet crematorium to study. As she pursues a master’s in public health at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), she is determined to understand the…
Pune: While Pune and Mumbai witnessed elaborate Diwali celebrations, with housing societies and markets illuminated and firecrackers lighting up the skies, the festival brought little cheer to several drought-affected villages across Marathwada.For thousands of farming households in Beed, Dharashiv, other districts of Marathwada as well as some districts like Ahilyanagar and Solapur in the Western…
Pune: Diwali this year was not only noisier but also more polluted than last year in the city, according to the IITM air quality monitoring system.The peak pollution level in the city was recorded around 2am on Monday. Pune’s peak PM2.5 concentration touched around 1,000 µg/m³ this Diwali, compared with approximately 600 µg/m³ during the…
Pune: The district administration has planned 2,810 nullah bunding and earthen nullah bund works to improve groundwater recharge and strengthen rural water security, as 10 of Pune district’s 13 tehsils have been declared drought-hit and two more are likely to be brought under the category.District collector Jitendra Dudi has set a target of two such…
