My heart breaks over what PMC and its political backers have done to Pune's river.
Yes, people should be connected to rivers - but like this?!
A better version of a riverside recreational space would have been something like this. This is a riverside park in Taipei where
1. Natural materials have been used (not concrete),
2. Flood plains have been preserved
3. Habitats created for birds, insects and small fauna
This would have come at a fraction of the cost of Pune's RFD, is aesthetically more appealing, and could have been designed to suit our native ecosystem with the help of riverine ecologists.
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*Takes a deep breath*
The candidate with the strongest possibility of winning the #Pune MP elections may actually become the weakest link for the future of this city. Will the city that needs a #vision for the future settle for a #toytrain promoter instead? #PuneNeedsBetter
Very disappointing that BJP candidate @mohol_murlidhar plans to fasttrack #Balbharati Rd, wilfully ignoring reams of data presented to him on vital role of this slope in groundwater recharge. Does he want Pune to go the Bengaluru way with every society tanker dependent?
@DhangekarINC साहेब, आपल्या प्रभागात खुप सार्वजनिक नळ आहेत ज्यातून हे असे हजारो लिटर पाणी रोज वाया जात आहे. कृपा करून दुरुस्त करावे. उन्हाळा मध्ये खुप पाणी टंचाई होईल
Sunday morning rant!
Welcome to #Pune where skybuses and roads on hills are more important for "development" than #SwacchBharat. Chronic spots with CC tv cameras to identify&fine repeated offenders are ignored. PMC prefers to add to sweepers burden- UNFAIR !
#SkodaKushaqQualityIssue@SkodaIndia@volkswagenindia
Disappointed by my recent experience with Skoda. My Skoda Kushaq's gear shifting suddenly stopped while driving, leaving me in shock. If it had happened on the highway, it could have been my last day. (1/3)
Pune's World Peace University is cutting 690 trees to build staff quarters, hostel on @VetalTekdi
1. How can they build on Hill Top Hill Slope which is No Development zone?
2. Residents say survey no. for which permission is granted is not same as where trees are cut
#shame!
In 2019 PMC cut 100 trees on @VetalTekdi to build a water tank but did not bother to do the legally mandated compensatory plantation
So some of us did it on the slope opp the water tank...and I took superhuman efforts to keep them alive thru the lock down. Here is the result 💚
My name is Mahsa Amini.
My 23rd birthday was two days ago.
Instead of celebrating, I was kidnapped, tortured, put in a coma and killed by the government.
My crime was that my hair was showing. Now I am dead.
Be my voice.
#MahsaAmini#مهسا_امی��ی #IranProtests
प्रिय शिवसैनिकांनो,
नीट समजून घ्या, म.वि.आ. चा खेळ ओळखा..! MVA च्या अजगराच्या विळख्यातून शिवसेना व शिवसैनिकांना सोडवण्यासाठीच मी लढत आहे. हा लढा तुम्हा शिवसैनिकांच्या हिता करीता समर्पित.... आपला एकनाथ संभाजी शिंदे.
#MiShivsainik
This creates inconvenience to other people, there are more 270 mosques in NYC alone, and better places to pray … no need to block public access to show off your religion! This is not what Islam preaches …
Hearing such awesome and fantastic reviews of this film from the public. Can’t wait to see it I’m sure @vivekagnihotri has come up with another compelling and hard hitting piece of work.. Congratulations team .👍👍👍❤️❤️🙏🙏. https://t.co/EHPeoVZJ8H
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Karnataka #HijabRow: Hijab is not part of Islam. This word has been mentioned 7 times in the Quran, but not in the context of the dress code. The controversy around hijab is part of a conspiracy to hamper the education of Muslim women.
This is totally unacceptable. Police in Guntur just arrested a man for unfurling the Indian flag and raising Vande Mataram slogans at the Mohammed Ali Jinnah Circle, on #RepublicDay .
Are we in Pakistan, @ysjagan?