Pune

Pune experienced significant waterlogging and traffic disruptions following heavy monsoon rains. PUNE: Pune continued to grapple with the aftermath of heavy monsoon showers on Thursday, with widespread waterlogging, traffic snarls and civic disruptions exposing shortcomings in the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) pre-monsoon preparedness.Around 250 complaints were received at the civic body’s control room as flooded…

A landslide at the foothills of Neel Parvat in Nashik has cut off road connectivity to a local settlement Pune/Kolhapur: Triple-digit rainfall continued to pound Maharashtra’s Western Ghats on Wednesday, disrupting movement and prompting authorities to restrict access to tourist hotspots, including Mahabaleshwar.Bhira topped the Western Ghats rainfall chart with 574mm in the 24 hours…

Pic for representational purpose Pune: The Kothrud police are searching for a motorcycle-borne man who allegedly snatched a mobile phone from a 24-year-old hotel receptionist near Paud Phata and later siphoned off Rs 67,000 from his bank account using the stolen device. The accused also duped the victim’s friends by sending messages seeking financial help,…

Pune: For the seven people still trapped inside the collapsed building amid tons of waste in Moshi and the scores of rescue workers trying to bring them to safety, the challenge is to keep breathing.The threat of toxic gases from the massive waste heap and the risk of the structure that has precariously tilted fracturing…

Rescue efforts in Ektanagari on Wednesday (July 8). Photo by Shyam Sonar Pune: The last time residents of Ektanagari were alerted of serious flooding was in 2024, when Khadakwasla dam released water at 35,000 cusec, overnight.This year, it took discharge at just 27,000 cusec to inundate the area’s homes and parking lots. On Wednesday, nearly…

People enjoy the rain near Khadakwasla Dam in Pune. Photo by Aditya Waikul Pune: Between July 1 and July 8, Pune had the wettest start to the month in 57 years, with IMD’s Shivajinagar observatory recording 393.9mm of rainfall.IMD scientist SD Sanap said records dating back to 1969 show that the previous highest rainfall for…

Moshi garbage plant collapse Pune: A mountain of legacy waste piled up in the Moshi garbage depot for years collapsed on a three-storey administrative building located 30 metres away at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant around 1.30pm on Wednesday, causing a cave-in and trapping 20 people under the debris.Four people came out immediately after…

The unions want teachers assigned only academic responsibilities so that the quality of education is not compromised Pune: Teachers’ unions across Maharashtra have called for a statewide ‘school shutdown’ on Thursday to demand that primary teachers be relieved of non-academic duties, such as booth-level officer (BLO) work. They also sought changes to the ongoing promotion…

MPCC chief Harshvardhan Sapkal Pune: MVA members and farmer activists warned of a statewide agitation over the plight of tillers. They accused the state govt of rubbing salt on their wounds by delaying the implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme.The opposition and farmer activists claimed that they were to attend a meeting with Maharashtra…

Pune: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) issued a show-cause notice on Tuesday to NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar-linked Baramati Agro Sugar and Distillery unit in Indapur tehsil for failing to comply with norms on air and water pollution.Shetphalgade villagers Sagar Wabale and Chagan Wabale sent the complaint to the board after which a team inspected…