Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Pune
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Rise in pollutants in the air you breathe
Pune: The air Pune’s residents breathe carries a rich dose of pollutants, too small to be filtered by scarves and masks that road users or even traffic cops use. Analysis by the Indian Institute of Tropical
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NGT warns ofstate of state of prohibitory orders on Kumbh Mela
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, on Monday instructed state government officials to be present for the next hearing on the petition filed for Godavari river's revival, failing which it
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Transportation status report by citizens of Pune, 2012-13
This first-of-its kind Citizens’ Transportation Status Report 2013 for Pune released by Parisar and Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) reveals the need to increase share of public and non-motorized transport in the city.
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Report on road safety audit of pilot BRTS corridor at Pune
This new study by IIT, Bombay examines the existing road‘s safety performance and suggest various suitable traffic control and management measures to enhance safety and mobility of proposed 15.5 km BRTS corridor in Pune.
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Air quality at Bandra (Mumbai) Solapur, Pune and Airoli during Diwali Festival 2013
Air quality at Bandra (Mumbai) Solapur, Pune and Airoli during Diwali Festival 2013 by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
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Vastubodh to launch affordable housing project in Boisar Mumbai
PE firm Avenue Venture invests Rs 40cr in Vastubodh's affordable housing project. Vastubodh to launch affordable housing project in Boisar Mumbai. Pune-based Vastubodh Projects today announced that it
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‘Shut down factories polluting Ulhas river’
Mumbai: The national green tribunal (Pune bench) has admitted a petition seeking restoration of the ecology and marine life of Ulhas river in Thane district and winding up of all industries releasing untreated
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4,500 clinics avoid waste disposal facility
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) drive to bring all clinics in the city under its common biomedical waste disposal system has flopped. Only 2,500 of the 7,000 clinics have joined the facility
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Citizens insist on safety along new BRTS route
Pune: Incomplete works to facilitate the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on a 16-km stretch between Vishrantwadi and Wagholi on Ahmednagar Road that can jeopardize the safety of commuters if the project
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Food safety norms to come into force in six cantt areas
Pune: Food safety norms will now be implemented in six cantonment areas in Maharashtra including three in Pune and one each in Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad that come under the Union government’s jurisdiction.