Pune was earlier classified in the level 3 category. As the COVID-19 positivity rate went below 5 per cent, the city has now been reclassified in the level 2 category
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From taking actions against land, water and sand mafia to constructing a 100-km road through crowdsourcing, and making public infrastructure available for the disabled, these civil servants have created a spiral of change in India.
The
Indian civil services are said to be the dream job for the youth. The numbers back this up - over 10 lakhs aspirants appeared for the UPSC civil services examination in 2017 alone.
The reasons, according to a survey carried out by Assocham, remains that the civil services provide multiple visible and invisible perks. These include social status and 100 per cent job security, and also a chance to work for society.
PCMC will again ‘stamp’ home-isolation patients
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: May 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
Authority to take criminal action against offenders in twin towns
The
PCMC) which has already reported 2,11,000
COVID cases and a total of 1,600 deaths in the twin township has been struggling to rein in the spread of the virus.
Despite measures, many home quarantine patients have been reportedly roaming the streets casually, acting like spreaders. The civic body is faced with a shortage of manpower and also lack of infra-structure, and has found it difficult to identify and nab the culprits. PCMC chief Rajesh
Patil has, therefore, decided to bring back the earlier practice wherein the authorities would mark home-isolation patients with
PMPML’s daily workers face lockdown hardship
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: May 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
Authority attempts to give them work in civic bodies on
COVID duty
Another lockdown – started in the city last month - has prompted hundreds of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (
PMPML) workers to strategise how to survive another year of uncertain times.
At least 1,700 daily wage workers of the
transport utility have been put off work, like in 2020, and are not being paid.
The lockdown has yet again pushed the transport body in a tough spot as they can no more run their buses in full capacity and are limited to ply essential services workers only. According to the PMPML administration, this is the reason why they want to extend the brunt of the
Cops pull up auto drivers at rly stn
Cops pull up auto drivers at rly stn
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 06:00 IST
Over 200 rapped for overcharging, others violations; as their leader intervenes,
police let them off with warning
The tussle between cops and auto rickshaw drivers has been a longstanding affair over the years. However, the pandemic seems to have brought in a semblance of cooperation between the two parties. On Saturday night, one such dramatic moment was witnessed, soon after local police took action against 200
auto drivers for overcharging. However, leaders of the auto drivers soon intervened with a sincere apology, and the police let the itinerant drivers go with a promise that they would start afresh and work with some honesty.