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TOI : PUNE: The Union government on Friday approved sanction of Rs 442.60 crore for two Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridors proposed by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.

Speaking to reporters here, Jagdish Shetty, group leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators said the funds sanctioned to the PCMC under the JNNURM has crossed Rs 2,000 crore mark.

The decision to approve the two projects was taken at the Central Sanction and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) held at New Delhi on Friday. M. Ramchandran, secretary, Union urban development department, presided over the meeting. Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Aparna Doke, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma, computer officer Nilkanth Poman and others were present at the meeting.

The PCMC will be creating an eight km BRTS corridor from Nashik Phata to Wakad and another 11.2 km corridor from Kalewadi to Dehu-Alandi. The committee has approved Rs 214.84 crore for the corridor from Nashik Phata to Wakad and Rs 227.76 crore for the corridor from Kalewadi to Dehu-Alandi.

The civic body has taken a decision to form a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to develop the projects. Special features of these projects include two flyovers, namely a 1.9-km flyover near Empire Estate and a 1.3-km flyover on Nashik Phata-Wakad road.

Shetty added, “The total amount sanctioned by the Union government for the PCMC under the JNNURM scheme for various projects has touched Rs 2204.18 crore.”

The municipal corporation is still to acquire some land for the two corridors. Speaking about it, Sudhakar Deshmukh, assistant commissioner, PCMC, said, “The PCMC will be giving territory development rights (TDR) to people whose land will be acquired. This will speed up the process and there will be no problems in land acquisition.”

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TOI : PUNE: A body of a 22-year-old woman was found dumped in a trunk at a parking lot of a godown near Dighi on Pune-Alandi road on Friday morning. The police are yet to ascertain the identity of the woman or the reason behind her apparent murder and the suspects.

Senior inspector Anil Ghuge, who is investigating the case, told TOI, “The parking lot, where the trunk was found, belongs to the owner of the godown. Security supervisor Krishna Amre of the Universal securities, which provides security to the godown and the parking lot, informed the police about the trunk and the dead body. On reaching the spot, the police found that the locks of the trunk were open. The dead body was inside the trunk. There were also some clothes near the body. The police have found some marks on the woman’s neck.”

Security manager Anant Kadam of the Universal securities said, “Around 9 am, security supervise Amre saw the body and immediately informed the police. The parking lot is specially made for the trucks which came to the godown. The trucks are allowed into the godown after inspection. Late on Tuesday night, eight trucks were parked there.”

Ghuge added, “We have asked the drivers of the truck about the trunk, but so far, we have found no clues. The body has been sent to the Yashwantrao Chavan memorial hospital for post-mortem. After the reports, we will be able to ascertain the exact reason of her death.”

Meanwhile, two weeks ago, a dead body of a woman was found at Hinjewadi. Her identity till date is not ascertained, the Hinjewadi police said.

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TOI : PUNE: The officials of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had to beat a hasty retreat after a heated exchange of words with the locals, who were opposing the demarcation of land for a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mamtanagar area of Sangvi on Wednesday.

The residents pointed out that as the PCMC has already constructed an STP at Survey no 6 in Sangvi, they bought land in Sr No 1 and 2 for constructing houses thinking that the new STP will not be built there. “The municipal corporation has provided water, electricity and roads in this area. The PCMC general body (GB) had also approved a resolution for cancelling the proposed STP project at Sangvi,” residents said.

They oppose the STP in the area saying that there is a temple, a mathh’ and a church in the vicinity of the proposed project site in Sr No 1 and 2 of Sangvi. Locals said that a Buddha vihar has also been proposed in the vicinity of the proposed site. “This site is also located near the confluence of Mula and Pavana rivers,” they added.

The residents later held a meeting on Thursday night and decided to intensify their agitation against the proposed STP.

Speaking to TOI on Thursday Prashant Shitole, local NCP corporator said that the PCMC had already built a 15 MLD capacity STP plant at Sangvi. “The civic body now wants to build another 25 MLD plant in Sangvi on some four acres of land. There are around 300 bungalows on this land,” he said, adding that the plant should be constructed some place else in Sangvi.

Clarifying the reason for demarcating land on Sr No 1 and 2, additional city engineer and head of water supply department Vishwas Gaikwad said, “Around 15 to 16 acres of land in Sr No 1 and 2 of Sangvi are reserved for…More

TOI : PUNE: The sixth edition of the much-celebrated Pulotsav’ ended with a big bang on Tuesday eveing at the Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruha. It was a star-studded night, as some very promising young artistes were honoured with the prestigious Pu La Tarunai Sanman.

Awards worth Rs 11,000, Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 were given to young and talented actors and directors of the small screen, who were chosen from leading Marathi television serials, talk shows and entertainment programmes.

Compered by Sudhir Gadgil and actor-producer-director Smita Talwalkar, Pu La Tarunai Sanman comprised awards for Best Actor, Best Actres, Best Villian, Best Host and Best Director. Fifteen entries, with three in each of the five categories, were shortlisted and winners were selected through audience votes.

The evening was heavy with sentiments as each of the 15 nominess narrated their personal experiences, from starting off as non-actors to becoming some of the most sought-after names in the industry.

Mandar Devasthali, who won the Best Director award, and gave Marathi television viewers hit evening soaps like Waadalvaat’ and Avghachi Sansar,’ said, “These serials were the litmus tests of my abilities. Frankly, all a director requires is a good story and script and these worked in my advatange.”

Going beyond cliches and proving that even bad’ women can earn a good name, Best Villian nominees Shweta Shinde, Neelam Shirke and Sai Ranade, earned the audiences’ praises. Finally, it was Neelam Shirke’s role as Sulekha in the serial Asambhav’ that earned her the top spot.

While Aniket Vishwasrao of Oon-Paaus’ fame was adjudged the Best Actor among fellow nominess Umesh Kamat and Subodh Bhave; Jitendra Joshi a success with Hasya’Samrat’ took away the Best Host honour.

Among the nominees for the Best Actress award Bhargavi Chirmule, Aditi Sharangdhar and Urmila Kanetkar it was Chirmule’s exuberant screen presence that helped her come up trumps….More

TOI : Pune: The office of the dean of B J Medical College is abuzz with activity as medical officers from various district hospitals are busy filling up forms for the posts of senior residents and tutors.

The haste is explainable as the appointment is almost instant; all an officer has to do is give his approval for a certain department. A simple yes’ to questions like Is anatomy department OK with you or do you want some other department?’ means that the officer will be walking out with his appointment letter in hand.

The reason for the appointment drive gaining so much momentum is quite simple: the institute needs to fill all the vacant posts to conceal the lack of teaching faculty, before a high-level inspection team from the Medical Council of India (MCI) visits the college anytime in the next few days.

“This is a notorious but an accepted exercise which is followed by all the medical colleges in the state. Since most of colleges are strapped of teaching resources, the colleges have to resort to such borrowing’ to avoid derecongnition from the MCI,” said a medical officer of Yerawada Mental Hospital, who had come to the college on deputation as a tutor.

Resenting the whole process of borrowing, another medical officer said “I found my name in the list of medical officers shortlisted for deputation at the college. There are a total of eight medical officers from the Yerawada Mental Hospital who have been appointed temporarily as senior residents or tutors. We feel like shuttles, being tossed from one side to the other,” said another medical officer on condition of anonymity.

“This is exactly what the state government is doing now move medical officers and teachers to colleges lacking the required strength and infrastructure until the inspection by the Medical Council of India (MCI) is over,” said an…More