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[Saamana Online @SaamanaOnline]

वाढवण बंदराविरोधातील भूमिपुत्रांचा आक्रोश तीव्र; वृक्षतोडीला स्थानिकांचा रस्त्यावर उतरून जोरदार विरोध

[VIZHPUNEET @vizhpuneet]

📍Kalyan Railway Station
Indian Railways sells a platform ticket that dies in two hours while its own trains crawl in five hour late and then Ashwini Vaishnaw’s system slaps a five hundred rupee penalty as this is not regulation, this is open extortion

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@RailwaySeva @drhemantsavara @drmbct @RailMinIndia @RailMadad @IRCTCofficial @AshwiniVaishnaw Bandra to Ahmedabad Lokshakti 22927 stops at Dahanu road while going towards Ahmedabad but doesn't stops while from Ahmedabad to Bandra22928.Please Stop at Dahanu.What illogical is it.

[Pune Pulse @pulse_pune]

Bullet Riders have turned Handewadi and Undri roads into a nightmare for residents.

Every night between 12 AM and 5 AM, reckless bikers with modified silencers create deafening noise, disturbing thousands of citizens, senior citizens, children, and patients trying to sleep.

Residents are demanding strict action against illegal exhaust modifications, late-night racing, and noise pollution.
#Handewadi #Undri #PuneTraffic #NoisePollution #PunePolice
@PuneCityTraffic
@PuneCityPolice @CPPuneCity #PunePolice #Undri #Handewadi

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@RailMinIndia @RailMadad @RailwaySeva your sever is worst than before after 11.01 Also it keeps on telling booking not started and at 11.3 bookings are filled stop 🛑 fooling citizens as it's clear cut hacked by agents

[sohit mishra @sohitmishra99]

Don't fall prey to the PR going on about Ashwini Bhide becoming the first woman commisioner of BMC.. The truth is that she's the same woman who brutally felled over 2000 trees at Aarey forest in the dead of the night as MMRCL's managing director and crushed the protest of common Mumbaikars coming together for environment.. now when you complain about bad AQI in Mumbai, remember who your new chief is...

[Tribal Army @TribalArmy]

In Nashik, the cutting of centuries-old trees in preparation for the Kumbh Mela is a serious concern. Is it right to destroy the environment in the name of faith?

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@Central_Railway @GM_CRly @RailwaySeva @RailMadad @RailMinIndia Pune Csmt Deccan express is always late by 15-20 which causes inconvenience to passengers who needs to catch connecting train from western railway pathetic I missed the wr train because of this. useless service

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@mahapwdofficial @MSRDCLtd @nitin_gadkari @MMRDAOfficial @CMOMaharashtra @mieknathshinde @PratapSarnaik The Ghodbandar Road from Thane towards fountain hotel turned into pathetic condition the tar melting in hot condition road has become impossible to drive for low clearance car

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

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[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

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[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@BPCLimited
worst service at your petrol pump in Pune Dhanori Gokul nagar cheating in petrol filling and fooling people new discoveries 1 litre is 1100ml
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[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

मामला pune का हैं पिंपरी चिंचवड का नाही

[RPF Pune @rpfcrpa]

@RPFCR @RailwaySeva @amitsorathi1 श्रीमानजी आरपीएफ थाना चिंचवड़ द्वारा आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु ट्रैफिक पुलिस से काफी बार समन्वय किया है साथ ही पत्राचार भी किया है। साथ ही साथ स्टेशन के बाहर के अनाधिकृत मंडी/ हॉकर्स के निराकरण/कार्यवाही हेतु पिंपरी चिंचवड़ महानगरपालिका को पत्राचार किया गया है

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

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[Zubair @Zubair99778]

Ye भी ठीक है कानून सबके लिए बराबर होता है,ट्रैफिक पुलिस को he रोक लिए 🙏🏼😄

[ChaloPMC Puneसंवाद @ChaloPmc]

## 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞

𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 529 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒌𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅, 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒆

To,
𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙞 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚
@SidShirole
Hon’ble MLA, Shivajinagar Constituency, Pune
Email: [email protected]

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝗨𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝟱𝟮𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗴, 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 – 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁.

Dear 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 ji,

You are the elected representative of the Shivajinagar constituency. The Constitution of India expects you to act in large public interest, and your decisions must echo the voice of the people you represent.

Today, that voice is crying out – loud, angry, and desperate.

### 529 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 – 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 "𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧"

Ganeshkhind Road is an iconic artery of Pune. For over 50 years, it has remained 36 metres wide – serving lakhs of commuters daily.

Suddenly, after the Metro work began, a plan has surfaced to widen the entire road to 45 metres.

The official reason: “to ease traffic congestion.”

But we are not naive.

Within 500 metres of a Metro station, additional FSI is granted. If the road is widened to 45 metres, the properties along the road also receive extra FSI.

Is that the real reason for this sudden rush?
A mystery – but a very convenient one.

### 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱: 𝘞𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Here is the bitter truth that the PMC is hiding:

The Metro pillars have already been constructed at the existing 36 metre road width. When the road is widened to 45 metres, these pillars will not move. They will stand like concrete walls on both sides.

Result? Three natural, permanent bottlenecks – at Shimla Office, at RBI College, and at a third location – where the road will abruptly narrow, forcing all traffic to merge, clog, and pool.

Widening the road while leaving the pillars where they are will not reduce congestion – it will create new, permanent chokepoints. The traffic will simply rush from one jam to another.

So why widen at all?
The answer may lie in the additional FSI mentioned above.

### 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳: 192 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯

In the first phase of Ganeshkhind Road widening, 192 trees stood as “obstructions.”
Citizens fought tooth and nail. They went to court. By the court issue order, PMC had already felled down manjority of the trees.

A court‑appointed committee submitted a report – called it a fait accompli.

Now comes Phase 2.
This time: 529 trees – large, old, heritage trees – have been marked with red numbers.
They are the very identity of Ganeshkhind Road.
They give shade to pedestrians, birds, and weary commuters.

And the PMC calls them “obstruction.”

### 𝘗𝘔𝘊’𝘴 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘴. 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴’ 𝘐𝘙𝘊‑𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦

Under the current PMC design layout, the footpath width is kept constant at a mere 2.5 metres – a gross violation of mandatory IRC guidelines.

Let us be very clear about the law:

> IRC guidelines are legally mandatory under:
> - Section 198A of the Central Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
> - Rule 166 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1999
> - Section 41 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 – which mandates accessible, safe footpaths for all citizens.

A 2.5 metre footpath on a 45 metre road is not only illegal – it is deadly for pedestrians, cyclists, and disabled persons.

Citizens have done the PMC’s job for them.
We have prepared a detailed, IRC‑compliant alternative design that:

- Varies footpath width from 3.25 to 4.75 metres (not a constant 2.5 m)
- Includes a 2 metre dedicated cycle track
- Includes a 1 metre furniture zone (for streetlights, benches, tree guards, utility poles)
- Saves every single heritage tree by aligning the footpath around them – because a footpath does not have to be a straight line.

This design fully complies with the IRC, the Motor Vehicles Act, and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.

If the PMC adopts this design – as was done for Jangali Maharaj Road, where not a single large tree was felled – not one of the 529 trees needs to die.

### 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵: 𝘕𝘰 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦‑𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨

The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975 is crystal clear:

> Section 8(2) of the Tree Act mandates that before any tree felling is permitted, the authority must consider whether an alternative design or layout can save the trees.

The PMC has not prepared any such alternative plan. By refusing to consider the citizens’ IRC‑compliant design, the PMC is in direct violation of Section 8(2) of the Tree Act, 1975.

This is not a technical oversight. This is wilful, deliberate violation of the law.

### 𝘑𝘔 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥: 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦

Jangali Maharaj Road – another iconic Pune artery – was developed without felling a single large tree.
It is a world‑class example of creative, tree‑sensitive design that respects the law.

If JM Road can be widened and beautified while saving every tree, why can’t Ganeshkhind Road?

The answer is not lack of technology.
The answer is lack of will – and perhaps, lack of honesty.

### 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘺 – 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥

As our elected representative, we demand that you:

1. Immediately stop the process of marking and felling these 529 trees.
2. Direct the PMC to release the full road design and to adopt the citizens’ IRC‑compliant alternative that saves all trees – with footpath width of 3.25‑4.75 m, 2 m cycle track, and 1 m furniture zone.
3. Explain publicly why Metro pillars were fixed at 36 metres – and how widening to 45 metres will not create worse bottlenecks at Shimla Office, RBI College, and the third location.
4. Enforce compliance with:
- IRC guidelines (mandatory under Section 198A, MV Act 1988, and Rule 166, MV Rules 1999)
- Section 41 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
- Section 8(2) of the Maharashtra Trees Act, 1975
5. Publicly state whether you stand with the people of Pune – or with a handful of powerful interests.

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡.
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.
𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.
𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 529. 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒌𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅. 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍.

Yours sincerely,
Concerned 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲
(On behalf of lakhs of Punekars who demand action, not excuses)

Cc:
- Hon’ble Chief Minister, Maharashtra
- Pune Municipal Commissioner
- All local media houses
- And Pune Citizens

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[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@BPCLimited
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[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@BPCLimited
worst service at your petrol pump in Pune Dhanori Gokul nagar cheating in petrol filling and fooling people new discoveries 1 litre is 1100ml
@dpradhanbjp @HardeepSPuri @CMOMaharashtra @PMOIndia

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

@BPCLimited
worst service at your petrol pump in Pune Dhanori Gokul nagar cheating in petrol filling and fooling people new discoveries 1 litre is 1100ml
@dpradhanbjp @HardeepSPuri @CMOMaharashtra @PMOIndia

[Amit sorathi @amitsorathi1]

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