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.
