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Indian Express Water, even if it is for just two hours, is what residents of fringe areas from Katraj, Dhankawadi, Pune-Satara Road, Wadgaon Dhayari and Sinhagad Road want which fall in the Khadakvasala constituency. These areas, which were merged with the Pune Municipal Corporation nine years ago, still get insufficient water. “We live in flats, but have to carry water to the third floor. The pressure is so low that water does not reach the first floor,’’said Dhankawdi resident Archana Ghadge. Water was among the promises elected representatives made five years ago. The supply depended on the completetion of Katraj water works, Taljai water project and the Wadgaon water works. “We pay water tax, but get almost no water,’’ said Sanjay Limban. The problem is acute in Katraj and Ambegaon where new settlements have come up on hill tops and slopes. Other areas like the Pune-Satara Road, Balajinagar, Parvati, Padmavati, Bibvewadi, Upper and Lower Indira Nagar too have huge water problems.

Indian Express In 2002, people like us in Humbolt county, California put up a year-long struggle to stop the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting down Redwood trees and save the forests. However, the lumber company finally had its way. But people’s resistance to wanton ecological damage became legendary as the Struggle in the Woods. Cut to Pune 2006 whencivic body decided to construct the Balbharati-Paud Road cutting through green spaces on hills. Hundreds of environmentalists protested and moved courts to oppose . The environmentalists called their struggle ‘Destruction in the name of development’. Both these agitations to protect environment have been captured on film and will be showcased at the Better Transport, Better Environment film festival on Saturday and Sunday where Lokayata hall, on Law College Road.

IndianExpress: The office of Deputy Controller of Weights and Measurements — it had conducted a special drive against commercial establishments violating various rules and regulations on Tuesday and Wednesday — filed cases against 32 establishments.

A press communique said the commercial establishments were found violating norms like failing to display the name and address of the manufacturer or importer on the packages, printing Maximum Retail Price on the packages, tampering with the MRP printed on the packages and failing to display the exact weight of the contents on the package

The release said packaged food items and other goods, totally estimated to be worth Rs 41.38 lakh, were also seized during the drive for non-compliance of the laid down norms

IndianExpress: The bull run at the bourses seem to have triggered another flurry - of investors from the Pune region of the income tax department taking positions in Mutual Funds and shares. The taxmen, who are monitoring high value transactions by analysing the Annual Information Return data, will initiate action against people, who have not mentioned these investments in their returns.

They have reason to feel charged up as such transactions by investors from the Pune region exceeded Rs 3,000 crore in 2004-05.
 
According to Santosh Datta, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Pune region, the initial AIR data from 05-06 fiscal shows 1,200 transactions aggregating Rs 300 crore in the Pune region. ‘‘For the 04-05 fiscal, 10,534 high value transactions were detected, out of which, 70 per cent did not quote PAN numbers,’’ added Datta. According to him, the total value of the these transactions would roughly be around Rs 3,000 crore

IndianExpress: The World Ayurveda Congress Expo is offering visitors a glimpse of everything one needs to know about ayurveda. With its over 170 stalls drawing 35,000 visitors in just two days, the Expo proves it has a lot to offer.

Apart from the Home Pavilion, which showcases the evolution of Ayurveda, the Expo has information about the medicinal value of condiments and spices found in the kitchen to the latest research on treatments for illnesses like cancer and heart diseases.

Yoga demonstrations, free clinics for stress management and diabetes and beauty treatments offered by students and faculty of the Hadapsar Ayurveda College, Akurdi Ayurveda College and Bharatiya Vidyapeeth are other attractions.

IndianExpress: Apart from a state-of-the-art botanical garden, Pune University will now also house a full-fledged ayurvedic garden. Replete with over 350 medicinal plants and herbs including adulsa, rudraksh, ashvagandha, and bramhi, the 1.5-acre land has been developed especially on the occasion of the 2nd World Ayurveda Congress to be hosted at the University from November 5 to12.

”The plants have been cultivated using greenhouse, tissue culture and wild techniques, and the work began in June,” said Vaidya Parshuram Vaidya Khadiwale, whose institute Vaidya Khadiwale Vaidyak Sanshodhan Sanstha’s Gurukul has worked on the project along with the Department of Ayurveda, UoP

IndianExpress: Apart from a state-of-the-art botanical garden, Pune University will now also house a full-fledged ayurvedic garden. Replete with over 350 medicinal plants and herbs including adulsa, rudraksh, ashvagandha, and bramhi, the 1.5-acre land has been developed especially on the occasion of the 2nd World Ayurveda Congress to be hosted at the University from November 5 to12.

”The plants have been cultivated using greenhouse, tissue culture and wild techniques, and the work began in June,” said Vaidya Parshuram Vaidya Khadiwale, whose institute Vaidya Khadiwale Vaidyak Sanshodhan Sanstha’s Gurukul has worked on the project along with the Department of Ayurveda, UoP

Today no News will be updated on account of Anant Chaturdashi.

IndianExpress: THE Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM) will be conducting the ‘SITM Telecom Grandmasters Quiz’(TGM) at the Symbiosis Vishwabhavan on August 25. The quiz competition in its fifth year, provides a competitive platform to the corporates and students. Five teams comprising of three student teams and two corporate teams, will make it to the final rounds. The prize money on offer is Rs 2 lakh.

The preliminary rounds will be held in Pune on August 20 at the SITM campus. The online preliminary rounds will be conducted at various Hughes Net Fusion centres, across 27 cities on August 18 and August 19.

Today No Pune will be posted on account of Independence Day.

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