NIBM Annexe Residents Forum

An official handle of NARF. The aim of the forum is to unite the people to bring about a change in the neighbourhood through public participation.

[Punekar News @punekarnews]

From Bihar to Pune: Magarpatta City Brings the Spirit of Chhath Puja Alive

As preparations begin for Chhath Puja 2026, devotees are gearing up to celebrate the four-day festival dedicated to the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya.

Since 2024, residents of Magarpatta City have been coming together to celebrate Chhath Puja, strengthening community bonds through faith, devotion and age-old traditions.

This year, the celebrations will take place from November 13 to 15. Devotees will observe traditional rituals, offer prayers to the setting and rising Sun, and undertake the rigorous 36-hour Nirjala Vrat (fasting without food or water).

Ahead of the festival, we spoke to devotees to understand the religious significance of Chhath Puja, the celebration schedule, preparations and how the Magarpatta City community is coming together to keep this cherished tradition alive.

Video by Shoaib Tadvi

#ChhathPuja2026 #ChhathMahaparv #MagarpattaCity #NirjalaVrat #36HourFast #SunGod #ChhathiMaiya #FestivalOfFaith #PuneFestivals #PunekarNews

[Dr. Sudhir Mehta @sudhirmehtapune]

Our next lot of #Eka electric buses reaching #Zanzibar #BharatKiEka

[Pune Mirror @ThePuneMirror]

Pune’s revised draft Development Plan (DP) proposes reducing the width of 50 roads across eight merged village areas, raising concerns about the city's future traffic management and infrastructure planning.

Under the proposed changes, roads originally planned at 36 metres could be narrowed to 24 metres, while several 12-metre roads may be reduced to just 9 metres. The state highway passing through Undri is also proposed to be narrowed from 60 metres to 45 metres.

The affected areas include Lohegaon, Mundhwa (Keshav Nagar), Hadapsar (Sadesatranali), Undri, Ambegaon Budruk, Ambegaon Khurd, Dhayari and Shivane-Uttamnagar.

Authorities have cited existing structures, approved layouts, land acquisition status, drainage channels and canal boundaries as reasons behind the proposed changes.

However, the reductions have raised concerns about whether the revised plan will adequately address future traffic growth in these rapidly developing areas, where population and vehicle numbers continue to increase.

The development plan for the nine merged villages is awaiting final state government approval. The proposed road-width changes are likely to remain a key concern for residents and urban planning stakeholders.

Will narrower roads solve planning constraints today but create bigger traffic problems tomorrow?

#PuneNews #PuneDevelopmentPlan

[Shreyas Vange @ShreyasVange]

Mohammadwadi Residents Raise Alarm Over Hazardous Firecrackers; Seek Strict PMC, Police Action📰📰

[PMC Care @PMCPune]

स्वच्छ आणि सुंदर पुण्यासाठी स्वच्छता कामांची पाहणी!

आज दि. १० नोव्हेंबर २०२६ रोजी सकाळी ८ वाजता मा. अतिरिक्त महापालिका आयुक्त (इ) श्री. प्रजित नायर यांनी वारजे क्षेत्रीय कार्यालयांतर्गत गणपती माथा ते संपूर्ण एनडीए रोड परिसरातील झाडणकामाची पाहणी केली.

यावेळी क्रॉनिक स्पॉटवरील कचरा उचलणे, संपूर्ण फुटपाथचे डीप क्लीनिंग करणे तसेच झाडणकामातील त्रुटी तातडीने दूर करण्याच्या सूचना संबंधित ठेकेदार, सुपरवायझर व कर्मचाऱ्यांना देण्यात आल्या.

स्वच्छ, सुंदर आणि निरोगी पुण्यासाठी महापालिकेचा सातत्यपूर्ण प्रयत्न!

#CleanPune #SwachhPune #SwachhBharat #CleanlinessDrive #DeepCleaning #Warje #NDAroad #PuneCleanCity #SwachhBharatMission #PuneMunicipalCorporation #PMCPune @SwachhBharatGov @SwachSurvekshan @majhivasundhara

[Cynical Ujval @cynical_ujval]

Our area is (in)famous @NIBMFORUM @MURWDFoundation. Top of ToI front page 👏🏻

[PMC Care @PMCPune]

दिवाळी उत्सव आणि लक्ष्मीपूजनाच्या दिवशी फटाक्यांमुळे आगीच्या घटनांमध्ये वाढ झाली असतानाही पुणे महानगरपालिकेचे अग्निशमन दलाचे अधिकारी व जवान नागरिकांच्या सुरक्षेसाठी तत्पर राहिले.

लक्ष्मीपूजनाच्या दिवशी सकाळी ७ वाजेपर्यंत नियंत्रण कक्षात फटाक्यांमुळे आग लागल्याच्या ९४ घटनांची नोंद झाली. अग्निशमन दल मुख्यालयासह शहरातील २३ अग्निशमन केंद्रांमधील वाहने घटनास्थळी दाखल होत आगीवर नियंत्रण मिळविण्यासाठी कार्यरत होती.

सुदैवाने या घटनांमध्ये कोणतीही जीवितहानी किंवा दुखापत झाली नाही.

सणाचा आनंद साजरा होत असताना नागरिकांच्या सुरक्षिततेला प्राधान्य देत रात्रभर कर्तव्य बजावणाऱ्या अग्निशमन दलाच्या सर्व अधिकारी आणि जवानांच्या सेवेला सलाम!

#DutyFirst #PuneFire #PMCPune #PuneFireBrigade #FireSafety #Diwali2026

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

NIBM Mohammadwadi S M Ghule circle must be visited by police

[Pune Mirror @ThePuneMirror]

Pune Police took strict action against the release of flying sky lanterns (akash kandil) at Sarasbaug during Diwali Pahat celebrations. Citing public safety, fire hazards, and environmental concerns, personnel were seen intercepting revellers and putting out lanterns on the spot to ensure an accident-free festival.

#PunePolice #Sarasbaug #DiwaliPahat #PublicSafety #PuneNews

[Pisoli Citizens Forum @pisolictznsfrm]

Mohammadwadi: Mitra Seva Foundation, with BJP Minority Morcha, distributed Diwali grocery kits and cash assistance to PMC sanitation workers on Lakshmi Pujan, recognising their contribution to city cleanliness.

#Mohammadwadi #Pune #PMC #Diwali2026 #PisoliCitizensForum

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

ALERT! Matte Black Volkswagen car WITHOUT number plate spotted in Mohammadwadi! Probably repainted to hide identity.
@PuneCityPolice @PuneCityTraffic take immediate action & check CCTV! @punekarnews @pulse_pune @ThePuneMirror @PMCPune @WagholiHSA @MURWDFoundation

[ameet singh @ameetgsingh]

NIBM
Punawale
Katraj
Vetal Tekdi
Taljai
Baner - Balewadi
Pashan - Sus Rd

are all seeing glyricidia being culled and cleared for replacement with water intensive Miyawaki. Bad idea. 👎

Miyawaki or a bunch of trees densly planted together is like a sugarcane plantation. In case you guys don’t know, only 5% or lesser of Maharashtra’s arable land is under Sugarcane cultivation and it consumes over 90% of the water in several drought prone regions.

Some notes from earlier meetings evidence that all of these have been flagged off to the Forest Officials and other authorities before.

1) Miyawaki evolved this technique from his knowledge of Temperate Zone Forests NOT from TROPICAL Forest Zone’s.

2) glyricidia with its fibrous root systems has held all the topsoil and kept it from washing away. it has secured the hills from getting completely denuded. The EXCAVATION of soil on HILL SLOPES and TOPS at the COST of existing Vegetation and SOIL is ecologically damaging. Some of @sushmadate ‘s tweets carry evidence of deep excavations being carried out by the department, what has possessed them to take more exposure on fragile sites which are carefully held together by this vegetation, nobody knows.

3) furthermore, Excavation and Adding different new loose soils with nutrients will DESTABILIZE slopes causing soil & land slips, which is dangerous. Rain now has patterns of 100 mm plus downpours, this sort of rain will keep nothing and wash everything down. Already topsoil has been lost across thousands of acres of fertile land across the city, entire Magarpatta for instance (all of it) was built on some of the best agricultural arable land most of it was black cotton soil, scores of metres deep. Glyricidia is doing its job. Taking it out is like destroying a guaranteed asset to replace it with an uncertain dependency.

4) there are differences in forest patterns. The sahyadris are considered as a UNESCO world heritage site. One of the reasons is, Tropical Trees of certain dominant species have the ability to give more SHADE and SEQUESTER more CARBON hence they assume larger girth trapping more carbon EVEN in a Mixed Deciduous TROPICAL forest with MORE SPECIES and all thrive naturally respecting each others SPACE and needs whereas in a Temperate forest, often a single species tends to dominate and trap carbon and nutrients allow few species in their vicinity. There are over 14,000 species in the sahyadris. Pune is in the lap of the sahyadris.

5) COSTS a) Monetary too high b) destructive for EXIST ING soil and Vegetation. c) super water intensive (think tankers).

6) Miyawaki plantations can be compared with Sugarcane cultivation. Barely 5% of Maharashtra’s arable land is under Sugarcane cultivation. Where it’s planted, It consumes almost 90% of the water availability for agriculture. That’s very water intensive.

7) in Several places Exotics and garden varieties are used for Raising FORESTs by the Forest Dept and Others, Hence Miyawaki should be tried ONLY as experiment on SMALL BARREN patches in urban PRIVATE spaces on preferably PLAINS and NOT on FORESTLANDS to access its benefits for SMALL Urban spaces with a specific purpose such as sewage treatment, reed beds. whether or not it can be modified for Village Forests. Forest Dept lands etc.. should be considered and re considered. We cannot follow Miyawaki methods NOR promote it blindly, this is what the sarkari forest guys are doing.

Glyricidia has Spread itself over 3500 acres across the forests in Pune, some estimates suggest. Glyricidia is a tree which has a tendency to grow tall and then collapse with its branches and canopy into the ground. It’s best to clear patches of Glyricidia slowly while allowing for planting ficus varieties (there are over 850) and other indigenous plants and trees endemic to the western ghats across Pune’s Tekdis. This arbitrary clearing of hundreds of acres of sequestered “Glyricidia” carbon and replacing it with Miyawaki is a NoGo.

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

Lots of corruption in Mohammadwadi by the nexus.

[Punekar News @punekarnews]

Residents of Gagan Ela Society and a nearby basti in the NIBM Road–Mohammadwadi area have raised concerns over the alleged regular dumping and burning of garbage on a private plot near Royal Heritage Mall, close to Ishrat Baug. They claim that smoke from the burning waste is affecting air quality and causing breathing difficulties among residents.

Residents allege that the waste includes biomedical and electronic waste, raising concerns about potentially toxic fumes and health risks. A complaint was registered with the PMC on October 27, 2026, under token number PC51088, and was listed as ‘In Process’.

Residents and social activists have demanded an immediate inspection, scientific disposal of the accumulated waste, action against those responsible and regular monitoring to prevent further dumping and burning.

Reported by Shoaib Tadvi and Priyanshu Banerjee.

#Mohammadwadi #NIBMRoad #GarbageBurning #PunePollution #PMC #CivicIssues #PunekarNews

[Pisoli Citizens Forum @pisolictznsfrm]

🚨 Mohammadwadi: A speeding Thar allegedly ran over a dog outside Lodha Society at 10:45 PM Friday. Animal rights activists protested, demanding strict action against reckless driving and justice for stray animals.

#PisoliCitizensForum #Mohammadwadi #AnimalRights #RoadSafety

[Punekar News @punekarnews]

Garbage Dumping and Burning on Private Plot Raises Health Concerns in Mohammadwadi

Reported by Shoaib Tadvi & Priyanshu Banerjee

Read in detail here : https://t.co/spIPfEVmDq

[Punekar News @punekarnews]

Pune’s municipal education system is set for a major boost! The Maharashtra Government has granted an NOC for eight new CBSE schools under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

The initiative is expected to benefit around 17,000 students by providing access to English-medium education under the CBSE curriculum.

The schools will be established across Warje-Karvenagar, Wanowrie, Hadapsar-Manjari, Yerawada-Wadgaonsheri, Nagar Road-Wagholi, Sinhagad Road and Kondhwa-Undri.

Classes are expected to begin in a phased manner from the 2027-28 academic year.

Video Report: Shoaib Tadvi

#Pune #PMC #CBSESchools #PuneNews #Education #PuneMunicipalCorporation #Maharashtra #EducationNews

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

Shocking! Speeding Thar runs over dog outside Lodha Society at 10:45 PM in Mohammadwadi .Animal rights activists protest rash driving - Roads are shared spaces, not racing tracks. Dogs have a right to live! strict action needed. @PuneCityPolice
#AnimalRights
@MURWDFoundation

[Dr. Sudhir Mehta @sudhirmehtapune]

Dear Team EKA,
I am delighted to share some news that means a great deal to me.
100% of EKA's employees now hold stock options in the company. That makes us more than 1,000 employee owners.
In most companies, stock options stop at senior management. At EKA, they reach the assembly worker on the line, the engineer designing the next platform, the technician keeping a bus running at the depot, and the colleague closing the books at month end. Everyone who builds this company now has a stake in it.
We did this for a simple reason. Each of you has helped build EKA, and each of you should share in the value we create together.
Ownership also changes how we work. An owner treats every bus as their own, takes a breakdown on the road personally, and answers a customer's complaint as if their own name were on it. An owner guards every rupee and speaks up when something is wrong.
So I ask one thing of you: act like the owner you now are. Raise the standard around you. Fix what you can, and flag what you can't. Hold each other to the quality our customers and passengers deserve.
Every electric bus we deliver means cleaner air for our cities and less imported fuel for India. As owners, we now share in that journey and in what we build along the way.
Thank you for everything you have given EKA. The best of our company is still ahead, and now it belongs to all of us.
I wish you and your families a very happy Diwali, filled with light, good health and prosperity.
Warm regards,
Sudhir Mehta
Founder and Chairman, EKA Mobility

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

PMC is very slow in this area. A number of illegalities are happening in full day light but the nexus favours illicit earnings and promotes wrong doing actively.

[Pisoli Citizens Forum @pisolictznsfrm]

Water leakage near VTP Celest, opposite Vibgyor School, Mohammadwadi, is causing precious water wastage. Resident Danish Khan requests PMC to coordinate with L&T and arrange urgent repairs. Every drop matters!

#Pune #Mohammadwadi #PMC #SaveWater #PisoliCitizensForum

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

Where is PMC. Can anybody see.

[Danish Khan @DK8830606046]

@PMCPune, continuous PMC water leakage near VTP Celest, opposite Vibgyor School, Mohammadwadi, Pune – 411060 is causing precious water wastage. Please coordinate with L&T and arrange an urgent repair. Every drop matters! Kindly act on priority.

[NIBM Annexe Residents Forum @NIBMFORUM]

Residents of Marvel Sangria, Gagan Ela, Runwal Daffodil and Dorabjee Enclave are facing toxic fumes day in and day out due to garbage burning in open plot in Mohammadwadi. @navalMH @PMCPune @MDNagpure @CMOMaharashtra @mieknathshinde @AiyerSunil @sunilkoloti @AnzarRade