Streets of Pune

Every year. The same story repeats. I don’t see how anyone can still defend @BJP4Maharashtra . They have majority from top to bottom and yet we have critical civic failures. Not saying any other party is better, but with BJP, even accountability isn’t asked for #Pune

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Maharashtra state government has prepared a comprehensive action plan in response to the looming El Niño effect, which is likely to cause significant regional variations and a sharp decline in rainfall across the state. Precautionary measures have been planned across all key sectors to tackle the anticipated weather crisis. #ElNino #DevendraFadnavis #WeatherAlert #ClimateChange #Latestnews

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In a disturbing development, habitual drinkers have turned the public crematorium premises in Pimple Saudagar, Pimpri-Chinchwad into an open-air drinking spot. Locals and grieving families have expressed strong outrage over the desecration of the site, which is littered with empty liquor bottles, glasses, snacks, and cigarette butts. #Piplesaudagar #Liquorden #drinkingspot #viral #latestnews

I had just started following @CJP_2029...and was about to ask them what their plans were on @moayush. It is a pity that their account has been withheld by the Government. Those is power have no shame, but atleast try. 22 lakh "cockroaches" were swindled in the name of NEET-UG Entrance exam by the BJP Government's education ministry. Students died by suicide. 100s of 1000s of students are now stuck in a limbo. The PM of the country where all of this is happening, is gifting Melody chocolates to a woman in another country. The GenZ party is only asking for what is really deserving. Remove the so-called Education Minister, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan. Destruction of student lives in such a massive scale was unheard of in this country, especially upcoming medical careers when healthcare is suffering beyond limits here. On the AYUSH side, which I wanted to discuss with the CJP, huge public funds that can be used for immense betterment of the country are being wasted on making posters, fund useless research, run BS clinics and send pseudoscience peddlers for foreign trips. If anyone can help bring this account back, it would help immensely to discuss openly many important matters that are now trivialized by this Government, especially those on healthcare and medical.

The store I mentioned - Pickchick. Selling imitation jewellery for INR 100. Unpacking, etc. everything done on the footpath. Every few months atikraman dept comes, knocks it down. Media covers it, @SidShirole makes a reel, and then the cycle repeats.

This guy Tushar is one reason #FCroad is a mess with illegal encroachments till Roopali. You must have seen him sitting on the footpath with gang because “baapacha rasta ahe” (see video) FC Chat & Pickchick (both encroaching) are his, but @SidShirole @PMCPune enjoy commisions

@sujitgr8 Kharach ki! My mistake, didn’t realise encroachments = pragati. Marathi mansachi pragati baghaychi asel tar @anandesh kade bagha. @ChaitanyaKet @sushmadate you are against illegal encroachments, but when issues are raised the ppl you follow link it to “marathi mansachi pragati”

मराठी माणसाची प्रगती बघवत नाही तुम्हाला 🙏

I never thought I would reveal this publicly, but today I had no option left after almost getting hit by a rod popping out on road because pedestrians were forced off the footpath. What if I tell you there are certain encroachments in Pune that somehow never get removed during drives? Look carefully at roundabouts, junctions, and prime road corners across the city. Everyone else gets cleared; but a certain category of vendors continue occupying footpaths and road edges for years. Ever wondered why? Because they also act as Police informers. Don’t believe me? Next time while having a sip of tea, casually ask them how long they’ve been “helping” the local police system and just observe the reaction on their face. You may understand what I’m trying to say. Maybe decades ago this arrangement made sense when surveillance systems didn’t exist. But today, with AI cameras, CCTV networks, and digital monitoring everywhere, why are public footpaths and critical corners still being allowed to remain permanently occupied? Pedestrians are pushed onto roads, traffic visibility gets blocked, and public space slowly becomes private convenience.

I’m sure @godbole_shilpa @sumitakale @sushmadate @aparanjape and others who frequent the area must have seen him in the evenings

Small correction: This lane is for unhygienic eating & parking, many tapri’s illegal. Doesn’t matter an important lane that can reduce traffic on Bhandarkar and BMCC rd gets blocked. As long as @SidShirole @PuneCityTraffic & team get their commission, life is good! #Pune

DEAR PUNEKARS, please sign this petition in large numbers. Please retweet. Please share in WhatsApp, Facebook etc. Appeal to CM Fadnavis: issue a circular to ban corporators ' family names on public spaces - Sign the Petition! c.org/jbVWbXDwwD via @ChangeOrg_India

No press conferences in 12 years…. Undefendable. Inexcusable. No accountability across India is making the nation a joke. Democracy exists only in the months before elections

@TheVishalKay @cbdhage Excuse me but did I ever say this project was illegal?

@streetsofpune @cbdhage You can’t stop a particular region becoming business district unless it is notified as one that cannot be! Right now no such prohibition exists .

Please enlighten me , How this Project is connected with proposed BB-PP Road? by his logic no development should be allowed in this whole area.

@TheVishalKay @cbdhage Since when did Law coll rd become a business district?! When did central #Pune ever get the infra to support it??!! Check #FCroad, already choked up and we have 2 towers coming at Goodluck chowk! Skyscrapers does not mean forgo sanity and have endless traffic jams!

@streetsofpune @cbdhage If ppl are coming to Pune from other cities, they would need housing and offices are built as well. Eventually business districts have to have sky scrapers

@cbdhage @AvisharDutta TOD is one part, and I’m not against the concept. But you CANNOT focus on what satisfies corrupt pockets while you ignore the rest! TOD never said build skyscrapers, ignore public transport, ignore rest of the infra, etc! TOD is more than “build a metro station, get more FSI”!

@streetsofpune @AvisharDutta This is exactly called TOD Isn't it ?

@AvisharDutta @cbdhage 🤦🏻‍♂️😀 You just don’t make the area dense, added a few thousand vehicles, and expect everything to operate smoothly without adequate infra. Overall central #Pune has none of it. Anyway :)

@streetsofpune @cbdhage Correct as it should be. Infact this area is perfect for densification. You densify and build up the core.

@AvisharDutta @cbdhage Oh! How did I miss that! Just a few thousand people added (in just one building!), all will use the metro! Additional traffic expected to be ZERO! Lets build skyscrapers outside all metro stations, fantastic idea! Thanks smarty pants! 😊

@streetsofpune @cbdhage With a metro line right next to it? Where do you want the offices to be put, 50 km outside the city?

@mayursejpal @jonasgahrstore Well done to her!! India needs many more such journalists compared to the crap we have

Hello norway president @jonasgahrstore... Still waiting for your revert, it seems you are also part of propaganda by that particular journalist...

@smitaprakash Better than what you post on @ANI ! At least it won’t be muted

@Voortrekker15 Link already shared in comments. Don’t be blind, read or do your own research. Thanks

@streetsofpune Fake news

So I’ve been told this gigantic 28 floor tower is coming on Law College rd opp pastry corner (Nal stop), the same rd politicians want the BB-PP flyover, citing traffic. If we do not protest today, goodbye beautiful #Pune They’ll use this tower as a reason to destroy the tekdi