Sumita Kale

What will it take to acknowledge our own? Can we read earlier work, without prejudice, and apply it as relevant today? What have we lost out on by only citing the West? #IndianEconomists #development #RethinkingEconomics rethinkingdevelopment.blogspot.com/2020/08/what-w…

ये कौन चित्रकार है ? Enjoy the "Gulmohor trail" on @VetalTekdi .

On my complaint, State Gov of Maharashtra directs 1. Commissioner PMC 2. Chief Engineer Water Resources 3. Regional Officer MPCB to conduct urgent inquiry/inspection of ongoing RFD project with participation of complainant & submit the report immediately. PMC is silent on this.

Pune shivajinagar: 40.9c, highest of the season till date. This is 4th 40c+ temp of season. #punesummers Delhi safdarjung: 42.8c. 5c above normal. Heatwave in Delhi Data: IMD

Real change will come when there is an hourly Semi-High speed train service between these two cities.

Waste segregation at source is the most powerful tool we have to tackle India’s growing waste crisis. It’s not just about cleaning our streets; it’s about protecting groundwater, ensuring worker dignity, and fueling a circular economy. ♻️🇮🇳 #SolidWasteManagement #CleanIndia #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #SwachhBharat

Someone stop this insanity. What is the harm if a vehicle - irrespective of its age - meets all PUC norms? If Indian justice system was swift enough, hopefully politicans wouldn't have attempted such frequent nonsense.

@ThePuneMirror @PSamratSakal @Warriormomsin @WMMaharashtra @MeeSagarDevre @PuneDcn @LokmatNewsHindi @AnjaliToi @praffulgarg97 @iitmpune @mhemachari 3/4 There’s also a legal angle. India’s #airquality standards allow PM limits to be exceeded on only ~7 days in a year. But in Pune, some locations crossed these limits on 30–80+ days in just one quarter, far beyond what’s permitted. @Matapune @ParagKMT @sumitakale @aparanjape

A major accident unfolded at Vanaz Chowk in Kothrud, Pune, this morning when a PMPML bus lost control after its brakes failed and rammed into a municipal garbage collection vehicle parked in front of Smita Exports India Pvt Ltd. The impact was so severe that a sanitation worker sitting on the garbage vehicle was flung onto the road and critically injured. The worker was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital where his condition is reported to be serious. The incident has once again raised serious questions over the poor maintenance of PMPML buses. #Pune #PMPML #VanazChowk #BusAccident #PuneNews

@godbole_shilpa We got ours with low pressure So you should be getting it soon too!

We were told water supply would be restored by 3 pm. It’s now well past that, there’s still no water in the Bhandarkar Ins Road area & to make matters worse, even tankers aren’t supplying water. At this point, one has to ask are we sourcing Pune’s water via the Strait of Hormuz? A realistic update would be appreciated.

@ShubhaDutta11 toddmcompton.com/lemm.html I endorse Thurber!

@sumitakale Someday aliens will study Ganeshkhind Road and the various structures and traffic planning measures implemented on it across history and realise that the why humans went extinct by virtue of their stupidity.

The story of India’s city engineers and planners!

@brizpatil @Raja9660 Any update? Thanks

@Raja9660 सकाळी काम सुरू असलेला फोटो

#पुणे पर्वती जलशुद्धीकरण केंद्र येथील जलवाहिनी दुरुस्तीचे काम अजून सुरू आहे. दुपारी २ पर्यंत हे काम चालणार आहे. त्यानंतर पंपिंग सुरू होईल. सर्व पेठांसह बहुतांश शहरात दिवसभर पाणी येणार नाही. आले तर संध्याकाळी येईल. अनेकांच्या घरात पिण्यासाठी देखील पाणी नाही #Pune #Punenews

PMC Care posting about Census when the whole city is wondering when they will get water! We expect reliable information from this handle instead of social messaging @navalMH @MDNagpure

महापौर बंगल्यात फांद्या छाटण्याच्या नावाखाली 19 झाडांची अक्षरश कत्तल करण्यात आली आहे. काय तर म्हणे धोका टाळण्यासाठी. धक्कदायक म्हणजे वृक्ष संवर्धन विभागानेच हि कत्तल केली आहे. ⁦@punekarnews⁩ @puneriSpeaks ⁦@Sachinshaha⁩ #punenews

Maharashtra's #Solar Tax Move: A Blow to Consumers 1. The Maharashtra government is preparing to levy an #electricity duty on solar consumers — a segment that chose clean energy to escape rising power costs. 2. Solar consumers are already burdened with Grid Support Charges (GSC), now collected across all categories with systems exceeding 10 KW. 3. GSC is being collected at ₹1.96 per unit from LT customers and ₹1.42 per unit from HT customers, adding directly to electricity bills. 4. A new percentage-based electricity duty structure is being formulated, which could further multiply the financial burden on rooftop solar users. 5. Electricity duty will be levied on both self-consumed (self-generation) and exported power under net-metering — leaving no relief for any solar usage. 6. Even 'Behind-the-Meter' consumers — those using solar power entirely for themselves without exporting anything — will not be spared. 7. Solar consumers' electricity bills have already risen substantially due to previous policy changes, and this new duty would be the final blow. Govt of Maharashtra have costliest rates for electricity in the country. 8. Amendments to Time-of-Day (ToD) regulations have changed peak hours, causing a significant increase in industrial electricity bills. 9. The state government previously hiked the tax on electricity sales by 9.90 paise per unit, further squeezing consumers financially. 10. This move discourages investment in rooftop solar, undermining India's broader renewable energy adoption goals. 11. Large-scale consumers and industries already face a significant financial burden due to the order to collect GSC charges. 12. The proposed duty could force ordinary citizens to abandon solar energy entirely — reversing years of green energy progress. 13. The cumulative effect of GSC + electricity duty + ToD changes creates a triple financial hit on solar consumers simultaneously. 14. By taxing exported #power under net-metering, the government effectively penalises consumers for contributing surplus clean energy to the grid. 15. These policy moves signal a systematic rollback of incentives that originally motivated consumers to invest in solar infrastructure. 16. Consumers who made long-term capital investments in solar panels based on earlier policy assurances now face a betrayal of those promises. 17. Industrial units using solar systems face disproportionate impact, as the combined duty burden may make solar economically unviable for them. 18. Energy expert Sudhir Budhe has raised serious concerns, pointing out that all members of the committee are government officials — raising clear conflict-of-interest issues, as those who stand to benefit from the outcome cannot be expected to make impartial decisions. 19. The government has refused to announce specific names, only vaguely referring to "inclusion of experts," and critics have strongly argued the committee should have comprised truly independent members — making it a body that lacks credibility, transparency, and public accountability from the very outset. Source: Lokmat Times

#पुणे -#पाणीपुरवठा देखभाल दुरुस्तीची कामे अद्याप पूर्ण झालेली नाहीत. त्यामुळे शहराच्या बहुतांश भागात दुपारी बारानंतरच पाणीपुरवठा सुरू होईल. काही भागात पाणीपुरवठा दुपारी दोननंतर सुरू होण्याची शक्यता. नागरिकांचे हाल #म #Pune #Water #waterSupply #watershortage

@Hosalikar_KS What is the implication of this Sir? Thanks

24/4, 850 hpa anomaly around 3 week of May.. Looks interesting

पुण्यात सकाळ पासून पाणी नसल्याने बोंबाबोंब सुरू आहे. काल देखभाल दुरुस्तीसाठी पाणी पुरवठा बंद ठेवला होता. आज सकाळी पाणी येणे अपेक्षित होते. पण आता दुपारी १२ नंतर पाणीपुरवठा सुरळीत होणार आहे. #pune #punenews #पुणे

@PMCPune when will we get water supply? Bhandarkar Road and BMCC Road, we are 48hours without supply now 🙏 We can at least plan water usage accordingly IF there’s some information @navalMH

At @Indicusanalytic we had comprehensive reports out with @TeamLease on this very issue two decades ago! Critical problems that remain unresolved and get worse with time