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To enhance public transport, PMPML should expand routes, improve reliability, and enhance staff training. These measures can revitalize public interest in using public transport, reducing reliance on personal vehicles and mitigating climate change effects.
Puneites continue to protest tree cutting for development projects, facing challenges in preserving the city's green cover. Efforts to replace real trees with steel structures spark citizen outrage, leading to demands for compensatory plantation measures and preservation of existing greenery.
Women demand representatives who understand their issues and advocate for STEM opportunities, schools in remote areas, policy changes, and job security. Push for women's rights intensifies with the call for improved public safety networks.
Pune's footpaths lack maintenance, pushing residents to share roads with vehicles. Hawkering issues persist despite anti-encroachment drives. Urban planners emphasize inclusive footpath development, but Pedestrian Policy implementation remains lacking, prompting citizen discontent with authorities' unmet promises.
Aniket's unconventional farewell sparked discussions on work culture. His Instagram video exposed dissatisfaction with salary. The town buzzed about his bold move, while managers emphasized the importance of strict management in the face of disrespect and entitlement.
Udayanraje Bhonsle faces challenges in securing BJP nomination for Satara despite NCP background. Campaigning vigorously, he confronts concerns over development projects and contends with a strong opponent in NCP's Shashikant Shinde.
Pune experiences high temperatures with Koregaon Park and Wadgaonsheri hitting 43.3C and 43C. Solapur records 43.7C. Heatwave conditions prevail in western Maharashtra. Various areas in Pune register elevated temperatures.
Pawar slams Modi's inconsistencies, praising then targeting him. Voting against Mahayuti, NDA vital for democracy. Modi's wavering stance on corruption, development, and inclusion of accused leaders in BJP criticized by Pawar.
Assailants bike crashed into victims two-wheeler