PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has appointed HCP Design Planning and Management Pvt Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based consulting firm, to prepare development and rejuvenation plans for Pavana and Indrayani rivers. The firm, which has developed Sabarmati river, is also developing Mutha river, under the Pune Municipal Corporation. For project preparation and approval stage, the PCMC will have to pay theContinue reading

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Sarang Dastane| TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2018, 10:02 IST  PUNE: The irrigation department claimed that it would complete 60% of the repair work of Temghar dam before monsoon, barely one-and-a-half-month away. Most of the grouting work, including filling of gaps with concrete, is expected to get over before the onset of rains. The remaining work, which will take another year, will be takenContinue reading

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TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2018, 06:48 IST PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation plans to complete the laying of the water pipeline up to Cantonment water works by May. Municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao recently told the water supply and the pumping departments to expedite the work to ensure its completion before the monsoon. The 6.4km long, 2,200mm diameter cast iron pipeline fromContinue reading

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Updated: Apr 11, 2018, 07:24 IST PUNE: Pune district guardian minister Girish Bapat has assured 0.5TMC of water per annum for Wagholi and Pirangut areas through separate water schemes without affecting the water quota assured for the city or Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas. The proposal was placed by Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). At a functionContinue reading

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Updated: Apr 6, 2018, 23:59 IST Pimpri Chinchwad: Municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar has stressed on an action plan for removal of water hyacinth from Pavana and Indrayani rivers. Water hyacinth grows because sewage water is discharged through canals into Pavana and Indrayani rivers, Hardikar said. “An action plan has to be prepared for reducing discharge of sewageContinue reading

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Updated: Apr 06, 2018 16:06 IST Following complaints about a lack of amenities by local residents, Pune mayor Mukta Tilak has assured that the PMC will provide basic infrastructure to the 11 villages merged into the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits and has instructed the administration to provide water tankers to these villages for theContinue reading

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