The Indian Express   07.08.2012

City briefs : PMC undecided over withdrawing 20% water cut

Despite the level of water in the four dams supplying water to Pune
city reaching 16.5 TMC, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is undecided
over withdrawing 20 per cent water cut that it had introduced when the
water level in the dams dropped substantially a few months ago in
summer. “We have not yet decided to roll back water cut. Leaders of
political parties in PMC need to sit together before arriving at a
decision,” said Mayor Vaishali Bankar. Meanwhile, the irrigation
department released water to Indapur through canal from Khadakwasla dam.
“The water is being supplied to meet drinking water demand as there has
been less rainfall in the area,” said irrigation officials.

Forged passport case: Student remanded in judicial custody

An arts student from Gujarat who was arrested at Lohegaon Airport
on Friday for allegedly travelling to the US on a forged passport was
remanded in judicial custody on Monday. The accused, Dhara Becharbhai
Patel (21), was produced before a magistrate court where the police
requested to remand her in judicial custody. Patel had visited New York
to allegedly meet her fiance. She was arrested by US immigration
officials on July 3 after they detected that her biometric details were
not matching.

Civic body to send congratulatory message to Tendulkar

With no response to the invitation sent by the civic body to
cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to felicitate him for making 100 centuries in
international cricket, political leaders of all the parties in the
civic body decided to send congratulatory message to the cricketer. A
proposal for felicitating Tendulkar was tabled in the coordination
meeting of the PMC. Mayor Vaishali Bankar said it was decided that
instead of waiting for the cricketer to accept the invitation, a letter
of congratulatory message should be sent to him.

Lokshahi Din turning out to be farce, says Sajag Nagrik Manch

The Sajag Nagrik Manch on Monday alleged that Lokshahi Din that
is held to address complaints of citizens was turning out to be a farce
as the civic administration was merely assuring action but not
implementing it. “Citizens attend Lokshahi Din with the hope of getting
their complaints resolved. The officers assure action but the civic
staff fail to implement it,” said Vivek Velankar of Manch. He said many
cases submitted in the Lokshahi Din on Monday were about no civic action
oncomplaints.