PMC plans to boost groundwater levels under central project
1 year, 2 months ago

PMC plans to boost groundwater levels under central project

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation with the help of the National Institute of Urban Affairs of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ will take steps to increase groundwater levels in the city. PMC with the help of the National Institute of Urban Affairs will take steps to increase groundwater levels in the city. ) As part of the central project, on a pilot basis, the civic body will focus on natural lakes with shallow water at Harantale, Dhayari Gavtale and Uttam Nagar APMC. Mangesh Dighe, PMC environment department official, said, “The central institute has provided ₹20 lakh for the project and it plans to replicate it at the national level.” He said that as the fund allocated for the plan is less, PMC has covered small natural lakes and wells in the first phase and appoint an agency for desilting work.

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PMC to hold meeting with traffic police for laying pipelines for 24x7 water project
1 week ago

PMC to hold meeting with traffic police for laying pipelines for 24x7 water project

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation will soon hold a meeting with the traffic police to get their nod for road digging at critical points so as to lay pipelines for the 24x7 water project. The 24x7 project is in its final stages but the PMC is unable to lay water pipelines at critical points due to the traffic situation. PMC additional …

PMC to provide additional funds for Infrastructure in newly merged villages
1 week, 3 days ago

PMC to provide additional funds for Infrastructure in newly merged villages

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation will allocate additional funds to its regional offices to complete essential road, water, and drainage works in the 34 villages recently merged into the city limits. After the allocation of around ₹ 400 crore for the development of 34 merged villages in the finance committee meeting, the municipal administration has assigned responsibility for each village to …

PMC to allocate 20 amenity spaces for water tank construction in merged villages
2 weeks, 4 days ago

PMC to allocate 20 amenity spaces for water tank construction in merged villages

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to allocate land of 20 amenity spaces in merged villages within its jurisdiction for the construction of water tanks. Work on water supply plans has already begun in Lohegaon, Wagholi, Sus Mahalunge and Bavdhan. Following a meeting of facility area committee, it was decided to allocate 20 plots across seven villages for water tank …

PMC to develop floating wetlands to rid lakes of pollutants
4 months, 3 weeks ago

PMC to develop floating wetlands to rid lakes of pollutants

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation is working to develop ‘floating wetlands’ or ‘florafts’ on the lines of the Thane Municipal Corporation to clean polluted lakes in the city. Sanjay Shinde, deputy commissioner, environment department, PMC, said, “The floating wetlands’ concept has already been implemented in Bangalore, Thane, and Mira-Bhayander municipal corporations. To stop sewage from flowing directly into the lakes, the …

PMC begins survey of residents living at low-lying areas
4 months, 3 weeks ago

PMC begins survey of residents living at low-lying areas

Hindustan Times  

After chief minister Eknath Shinde’s instructions, the Pune Municipal Corporation has initiated a survey of residents living at low-lying areas across the city. He also met residents at Ekta Nagar, areas near Khadakwasla Dam and Sangvi in Pimpri-Chinchwad. After inspecting the flood-affected areas, Shinde had announced that the state government would review the blue line —a demarcation indicating flood levels …

PMC to erect water treatment plant for the areas around Khadakwasla dam
5 months ago

PMC to erect water treatment plant for the areas around Khadakwasla dam

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation will erect a new water treatment plant for the newly merged areas surrounded by the Khadakwasla dam. The areas like Khadakwasla, Nandoshi, Dhayari and Narhe are in the upper basin of the city and get truncated water supply despite being part of the municipal limit. Recently, civic commissioner Rajendra Bhosale instructed officers concerned to identify the …

Muddy Water Alert: Pune Residents Should Read This Critical Advisory Carefully Before Drinking Water
5 months, 1 week ago

Muddy Water Alert: Pune Residents Should Read This Critical Advisory Carefully Before Drinking Water

ABP News  

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation has advised citizens to boil water before drinking it because muddy water can be found in various parts of the city. Boil Water Before Consumption The PMC has advised all residents to boil their water before using it to ensure public health safety and prevent waterborne illnesses. PMC Urgent Advisory The Pune Municipal Corporation has …

PMC gets state’s in-principle approval for ₹581 cr fund to set up STPs in 16 merged villages
5 months, 3 weeks ago

PMC gets state’s in-principle approval for ₹581 cr fund to set up STPs in 16 merged villages

Hindustan Times  

The state government on June 5 gave its in-principle approval for ₹581 crore funds to set up sewage treatment plants and network of drainage lines in 16 merged villages in Pune Municipal Corporation limits under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme. These villages included Mahalunge, Sus, Kirkatwadi, Pisoli, Kondwe Dhawade, Kopare, Nanded, Khadakwasla, Nanhe, Nandoshi, Sanasnagar, Mangdewadi, Bhilarewadi, Gujar Nimbalkarwadi, Jambhulwadi, and …

Will ensure enough water for Pune: Dy CM Fadnavis
6 months ago

Will ensure enough water for Pune: Dy CM Fadnavis

Hindustan Times  

In response to the growing needs of Pune city, which is expanding with new villages under the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday assured an uninterrupted water supply to the city. On Wednesday, MLA Ravindra Dhangekar raised a question about Pune city’s water supply in an Assembly session. In response, Fadnavis said, “To meet …

2 years on, PMC awaits NDMA funds
6 months, 3 weeks ago

2 years on, PMC awaits NDMA funds

Hindustan Times  

Though the National Disaster Management Authority had approved to allocate ₹50 crore per annum to Pune city under the Urban Flood Mitigation Programme since 2021-22, the Pune Municipal Corporation is yet to receive the fund. Urban floods pose a new challenge to larger cities, disrupting civic life and critical services. The 15th Finance Commission recognised the severity of the problem …

PMRDA team to visit construction sites to check water sources of new housing projects
11 months, 2 weeks ago

PMRDA team to visit construction sites to check water sources of new housing projects

Hindustan Times  

Following orders from divisional commissioner Saurabh Rao, the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority will send a team to inspect construction sites. In the meeting, it was decided that no new permits for construction in the PMRDA jurisdiction would be issued without checking the availability of water and the capacity of local bodies, such as PMRDA and Zilla Parishad, to supply …

PMC experiment fails to reduce water supply
1 year ago

PMC experiment fails to reduce water supply

Hindustan Times  

After repetitive appeals and warnings by the Khadakwasla Irrigation Division, the Pune Municipal Corporation carried out an experiment to reduce water intake from Khadakwasla dam. The Khadakwasla Irrigation Division have been issuing warnings to PMC after the withdrawal of monsoon as water levels in the dams supplying water to the city are less as compared to last year. Nandkumar Jagtap, …

PMC to demolish 54-year-old water treatment plant at Parvati
1 year, 3 months ago

PMC to demolish 54-year-old water treatment plant at Parvati

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed to demolish 54-year-old water treatment plant at Parvati, which supplies water to most parts of the city. The actual construction of new plant may take time after PMC demolish existing one once all arrangements are in place. Aniruddha Pawaskar, head, water department of PMC, said, the Parvati water treatment plant is a key plant …

PMC starts work on STP at Katraj lake
1 year, 6 months ago

PMC starts work on STP at Katraj lake

Hindustan Times  

To treat sewage water being released into the lake, Pune Municipal Corporation has begun work on construction of a sewage treatment plant at Katraj lake. Officials of PMC’s sewage management department said the work on the STP has already started on the ground. We decided to build a drainage line to collect this drainage at one point and we have …

PMC to build water network for Lohegaon, Wagholi
1 year, 6 months ago

PMC to build water network for Lohegaon, Wagholi

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation plans to set up a water network for the Lohegaon and Wagholi areas and has put forward a proposal of Rs230 crores for the same. Pune district guardian minister Chandrakant Patil had recently instructed the civic administration to work towards resolving the water shortage faced by the merged villages. Wadgaon Sheri MLA Sunil Tingre said, …

PMC to erect new water treatment plant at Parvati
1 year, 7 months ago

PMC to erect new water treatment plant at Parvati

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: Kumar added that the PMC is pushing ahead with the equal water distribution scheme. Considering the water treatment plant at Parvati is more than fifty years old, the Pune Municipal Corporation plans to erect a new facility near it. Commenting on the development, PMC Vikram Kumar said, “Daily 535 million litres of water per day gets treated at the …

Delhi govt to study impact of City of Lakes project
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi govt to study impact of City of Lakes project

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government has decided to commission studies to assess the impact of newly created water bodies under the City of Lakes project of Delhi Jal Board, deputy CM Manish Sisodia who also holds the DJB chairman position, said while also directing increase in the capacities of lakes being constructed in Rohini. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia chaired a …

Pune: Water level rises in 4 dams due to incessant rainfall
2 years, 6 months ago

Pune: Water level rises in 4 dams due to incessant rainfall

India Today  

Heavy rains lashed parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in a gradual increase in the water levels in the dams supplying water to Pune. Notably, the Pune Municipal Corporation started alternate day water supply in the city after the water levels in the four dams supplying water to the city had dropped last week. WATER LEVEL …

Committee to submit report to state to draw water from Mulshi dam
3 years, 1 month ago

Committee to submit report to state to draw water from Mulshi dam

Hindustan Times  

With the Pune Municipal Corporation and state Irrigation department in a tussle with regards to the reduced water supply in the city, there is a development to seek an alternate water supply to Pune city from Mulshi dam. PMC has also raised the demand of five thousand million cubic feet water from Mulshi dam. We will submit it either at …

PMC raises demand for five TMC water from Mulshi dam for city
3 years, 5 months ago

PMC raises demand for five TMC water from Mulshi dam for city

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation water supply department has tabled a proposal in the City Improvement Committee to get five Thousand Million Cubic feet water from the nearby Mulshi dam. HT Image Manisha Shekatkar, executive engineer of PMC water supply department said, “We have tabled a proposal in the CIC to raise a demand for five TMC water from Mulshi dam. …

PMC floats tenders for tanker water supply to 11 merged villages
3 years, 8 months ago

PMC floats tenders for tanker water supply to 11 merged villages

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation is struggling to supply water to 11 villages merged in the corporation limits in 2017. The PMC, on Thursday, has floated a tender for water supply through tankers to these 11 villages. After the merger of 11 villages, PMC supplied two TMC of water every year to these areas, 80 per cent of which was …

PMC’s Rs 300-cr road plan to link suburbs with heart of city
4 years ago

PMC’s Rs 300-cr road plan to link suburbs with heart of city

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation’s road department, on Sunday, unveiled a plan to develop road connectivity from Pune’s suburb to the main city areas. PMC road department, on Sunday, unveiled a plan to develop road connectivity from Pune’s suburb to the main city areas. The civic administration has so far focused on the main city areas and spent too much …

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