Prasad Potale

Full time farmer, part time mobile apps developer for iOS.

[Forum For IT Employees - FITE @FITEMaharashtra]

“Hinjawadi IT Park contributes an estimated ₹60,000+ crore in annual IT exports and potentially ₹20,000–40,000 crore in direct and indirect taxes, yet employees continue to struggle with basic infrastructure. Maharashtra’s largest IT hub deserves infrastructure that matches its economic contribution.”
@CMOMaharashtra - Plz plan to visit
@Dev_Fadnavis @supriya_sule

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

Just unbelievable #ENGARG 🙆

[nikhil wagle @waglenikhil]

हे सरकार बदमाष आहे!

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

#FranciaEspaña have you noticed the France team was very poor with ball passing.. everyone JUST tried to score the goal, no one was ready to make the pass. #france #fifaknockout

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

Such a humiliation of #france #FranciaEspaña #FIFAWordlCup2026

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

@BharatAgar45803 @anandmahindra @MahindraRise @tech_mahindra @Mahindra_Auto @18002096006 @MahindraRacing There service is worst too, my friends car damaged twice in service center itself once they repaired without cost next time the damage was major he asked for replacement of that part, they never agreed. The service duration is also totally unacceptable. Mahindra need to step up

[The Maharashtra Index @TheMahaIndex]

This needs to be addressed, Rules and Regulations are for name sake only .

Not a single politicians, or Officers has guts to solve this .

Neither @Dev_Fadnavis nor any MLAs MPs will look into this .

Sad state of affairs.

The government will wake up when some mishaps or some people are dead .

@NidhiKamdarMH

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

Cursor's exit is bigger than the market cap of Infosys. Do not build a company that scales with the headcount you hire; build a product that scales with the code you deploy. While Infosys conquered the era of human service, Cursor conquered the era of software leverage. #cursor

[Beats in Brief 🗞️ @beatsinbrief]

🚨 India vs US healthcare costs:

Heart bypass:
🇮🇳 $3K–8K
🇺🇸 $75K–150K+

Kidney transplant:
🇮🇳 $6K–18K
🇺🇸 $250K–500K+

Heart transplant:
🇮🇳 $30K–65K
🇺🇸 $1M+

Liver transplant:
🇮🇳 $24K–35K
🇺🇸 $160K–350K+

Bone marrow transplant:
🇮🇳 $15K–45K
🇺🇸 $350K–800K+

Knee replacement:
🇮🇳 $5K–8K
🇺🇸 $35K–60K+

Hip replacement:
🇮🇳 $5K–10K
🇺🇸 $40K–60K+

Cataract surgery:
🇮🇳 $300–1K
🇺🇸 $3K–7K

C-section delivery:
🇮🇳 $500–2K
🇺🇸 $15K–30K+

India performs many major procedures at 5–40x lower costs than the US.

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

@elonmusk That’s true 👍

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

@chiragbarjatya Paying 4K since last two months, previously it was around 1.2k-1.5k, multiple peoples reporting same issue.

[Pune Mirror @ThePuneMirror]

Pune's garbage collection system is facing a massive crisis, and the reason behind it is absolutely shocking. Out of over 10,000 workers assigned to keep our city clean, only about 40% are actually doing their jobs on the ground. A detailed internal report by the solid waste management department reveals that around 450 to 500 sanitation workers are allegedly deployed at the private residences of political leaders, including MLAs, corporators, and former office-bearers. Instead of cleaning the streets, these municipal employees are reportedly being used for personal duties like housekeeping and driving, all while drawing their full salaries from the taxpayer-funded PMC budget.
What makes it worse is that this isn't a new issue. The investigation shows that some workers have been completely absent from their original cleaning postings for 5 to 10 years. Even though a detailed report on this mess was submitted to senior civic officials last year, political pressure and frequent transfers of senior officers have successfully delayed any concrete action. With the city's cleanliness visibly suffering, PMC Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has now stepped in and ordered a strict verification process, promising that anyone found guilty of exploiting the system will face consequences.

#Punetimesmirror
#PuneNews
#PMC
#WasteManagement
#CivicIssues

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

MAPS REDRAWN FOR ADANI | Between 2020 and 2021, corals vanished from the maps of Great Nicobar island’s coastline while vital green zones were dramatically reduced in size.

Modi did this to sanction the Great Nicobar islands project to Adani. Think of their planning of scams. Read the full story @_Vaishnavi_R who took the pain to travel to the island despite all hurdles Govt gave and wrote the story about the great loot of Nicobar.

https://t.co/eidAmCnfPT

[🚨Indian Gems @IndianGems_]

My friend currently lives in this flat.

He told me that the fire brigade’s water doesn’t reach the upper floors.

This building is only 15 floors tall. I can’t even imagine what it must be like in 50-storey buildings.

Just imagine the level of seriousness we have in our country.

BTW, we have that guy who has drones to wash the trains.

[🚨Indian Gems @IndianGems_]

In 2008, the Netherlands faced a severe heatwave.

The government came up with a plan to protect cities from heatwave by planting trees along roads and in urban areas.

As a result, their roads and streets are now consistently cooler than the officially recorded temperatures.

[Mundhwa Complaints @mundhwaissues]

@PMCPune April is about to end but there is no sign of completion of Keshav Nagar- Kharadi bridge. It was committed to be completed before January. My previous complaint T66786 on this was closed without any resolution. Please take this complaint.@ABhandwalkar4u @mitech666

[Michelle Lee @michellearning]

Welcome to the scientific revolution. 100s of robots. Zero coffee breaks. America’s largest autonomous lab, open today.

[Dr. Sudhir Mehta @sudhirmehtapune]

Pune's airport debate is almost always framed as a binary — Lohegaon or Purandar.

That's the wrong frame.

We actually have THREE airports in play, and the real question is how we sequence them.

From Pune University as the reference point:

▸ LOHEGAON (PNQ) — ~12 km.
Closest, but saturated. A shared IAF base with limited runway. The new T2 improves passenger experience, not capacity.

▸ PURANDAR (New Pune Intl.) — ~50 km.
Two 4-km runways, 75 MPPA planned, 94% land acquired. But construction begins only in 2026. Passengers unlikely before 2030-31.

▸ NAVI MUMBAI INTL. (NMIA) — ~120 km.
• Today: ~2h 45m drive
• After the Missing Link (May 2026): ~2h 15m
• After the 10-lane Mumbai-Pune Expressway (2029-30): ~1h 45m

Read that last line again. By 2030, the FARTHEST airport on our map will be barely 30 minutes behind Purandar — and NMIA is already flying passengers today.

Pune therefore needs a THREE-PRONGED strategy, not a single-bet one:

ONE — Maximise Lohegaon NOW.
Every civil slot the IAF can release matters. Night ops, international routes, cargo. Until Purandar flies, PNQ is all we have. Fill the second terminal to the hilt.

TWO — Hold Purandar to its schedule.
Construction must begin Q2 2026. No further slips. CIDCO-led SPV, PPP model — milestones must be public and tracked. A metropolitan region of ~8 million cannot keep waiting. First flight by 2031 is non-negotiable.

THREE — Treat NMIA as Pune's effective third airport.
The Missing Link and 10-lane expansion must stay on schedule. Run premium express bus services Pune ↔ NMIA. Strengthen Pune-Mumbai rail connectivity. At 1h 45m, NMIA is closer than crossing Mumbai itself.

Today, Pune is betting everything on one asset (Purandar) that won't deliver for 5+ years, under-using an asset that's already built (Lohegaon), and ignoring an asset that's coming fast (NMIA).

All three legs must stand.

#Pune #Aviation #Infrastructure

[Prasad Potale @PrasadPotale]

@sudhirmehtapune Imagine if govt has decided to build sea fort like Sindhudurg 😃 at that time under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj it was built in 3 years, and for building Keshav-Nagar Kharadi bridge govt took more than 10 years 😅

Even the main mausoleum of Taj Mahal, was built in 11 years 😆

[Kanishk Jadhav @kanishkajadhav]

हा टोमणा कुणासाठी असेल? 🤔