Pune has failed as a city.
And it genuinely hurts to type that as someone born and raised here who still owns houses here.
The traffic is pure, unending hell. Politicians and bureaucrats like @mohol_murlidhar@ChDadaPatil@navalMH@Dev_Fadnavis make beautiful promises, collect their cuts, and disappear. Coffers full. City empty of solutions.
@PuneCityPolice drop showbaazi videos of “catching criminals” for the algorithm. @PuneCityTraffic post fancy videos about how perfectly they handle the roads… while the actual roads look like a war zone every single day.
The RFD project is a catastrophe that’s actively worsening the urban heat island effect. Trees get felled at random and left rotting for weeks. There is no real public transport. Nothing serious is even planned. Just more roads, more digging, more flyovers - all of which do one thing: invite more cars and more chaos.
And the people. Native or migrant, doesn’t matter. Everyone drives like they own the entire street. Pure lunacy. Zero accountability. Never admit a mistake. Never improve. Never simply say “sorry” and move on.
I’ve seen lawless driving in this city since I was a kid in the passenger seat. It was never good. But at least back then people didn’t turn every small inconvenience into full-blown road rage.
These days just thinking about stepping outside takes a real mental toll.
Anyone else who lives here completely done with this place?