Four persons received a fatal electric shock when they fitting the pump in Gunjavane river to water their field. (Express Photo)Pune News Live Updates, December 15, 2022: Four people Thursday died as a result of electrocution while they were fitting a water pump in the Gunjavane river at Nigade village in Bhor Taluka district of Pune. The incident took place around 12 noon. Police have identified the deceased as Vittal Malusare (45), Sunny Malusare (26), Ananda Jadhav (55), Amol Malusare (36). All four bodies have been recovered.
Pune’s Stree Mukti Andolan Samiti and other women’s groups, in the meantime, have lashed out against the Maharashtra panel that has been set up to gather detailed information on interfaith and intercaste marriages. Activists said that a protest march is being planned against the panel. Opposition parties, have too, slammed the move and said that it will create a divide in society and also create fear in the minds of individuals from some communities. The committee will be headed by the state’s Women and Child Development Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha.
In other news, predictions suggest that the city, today, will witness partly cloudy skies with very light rains. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Pune are likely to be around 25.8 degrees Celsius and 18.8 degrees Celsius throughout the day.
Durga Jasraj in conversation with Pt Jasraj’s nephew and Pandit Rattan Mohan Sharma at the 68th Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune Wednesday.(Express Photo)
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performs during the Inaugural day of 68th Sawai Gandharv Bhimsan Joshi Mahotsav on Wednesday. Express photograph by Arul Horizon. (Express photograph by Arul Horizon)
Farmers in Maharashtra are yet to receive Rs 516.34 crore of the compensation for crop loss during the Kharif season. A chunk of this amount is due from two public sector insurance companies, which are yet to deposit the amount in farmers’ accounts. According to official data, insurance companies have paid Rs 1,868.64 crore of the total calculated compensation of Rs 2,384.95 crore.
This monsoon, farmers in the state had seen a long gap in rains as well as heavy rains during harvest time. Rains were exceptionally heavy during the retreat of the monsoon and farmers reported crop loss. Insurance companies had received 53,40,336 valid intimations. Of this 33,24,330 intimations were received for local climatic losses, 17,57,795 were for mid-seasonal losses and 5,73,791 were for a post-harvest loss. Read more
Four people died due to electrocution while fitting a water pump in a Pune river around Thursday noon.
The incident took place around 12 noon at Nigade village in Bhor Taluka of Pune district, located around 40 kilometers from the city. Four people received a fatal electric shock while they were fitting the pump in the Gunjavane river to water their fields.
Police have identified the deceased as Vittal Malusare (45), Sunny Malusare (26), Ananda Jadhav (55), Amol Malusare (36). All four bodies have been recovered.
(Express Photo)
Following the liquidation of the Pune-based Rupee Cooperative Bank, former Joint Registrar Dhanjay Doiphode has been appointed as the liquidator.
A press statement by Doiphode released on Thursday has informed the public that bank account holders will be able to apply for a refund of their amount up to Rs 5 lakhs till December 31, 2022. Applications received beyond this date will not be entertained.
The Pune district administration has started preparations for the January 1 programme at the Jaystambh, marking the 205th anniversary of the battle of Koregaon Bhima. Situated at the Perne village on the Pune–Ahmednagar highway, the Jaystambh was erected by the British government in 1821 in memory of its soldiers who fought against the Peshwas at Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 1818.
Collector Rajesh Deshmukh Wednesday held a meeting with police and government officials from various departments and civic bodies. Lakhs of people, mainly the Ambedkarites from different parts of Maharashtra, are expected to visit the Jaystambh on January 1. Read more.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) — after overcoming several problems in implementing the Rs 5,500 crore Mula-Mutha River Front Development (RFD) project in the city for a 44-kilometre stretch — is rushing up to complete a 300-metre sample stretch at Ganesh Ghat near Yerawada ahead of the G20 meeting in the city scheduled to be held next month.
The body is hopeful that the RFD stretch would increase with the city’s expansion. The project includes the development of the 44 km of river stretch, which includes 22.2 km of the Mula river, 10.4 km of the Mutha river, and 11.8 km of the Mula-Mutha river. The project is set to be completed in the next five years, according to Municipal Commissioner Vikram Kumar. Read more here.
Pune’s Stree Mukti Andolan Samiti and other women’s groups have lashed out against the Maharashtra panel that has been set up to gather detailed information on interfaith and intercaste marriages. Activists said that a protest march is being planned against the panel.
Opposition parties, have too, slammed the move and said that it will create a divide in society and also create fear in the minds of individuals from some communities. The committee will be headed by the state’s Women and Child Development Minister and BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha.
Pune fire brigade officials have advised caution to commuters passing from RTO Chowk near Sangam Bridge because of a slippery patch of the road due to continuous leakage of water from a supply line over the last few days.
Officials said that they received complaints of vehicles skidding earlier on Thursday morning. What was initially thought to be an oil spillage, turned out to be a slippery patch formed due to continuous leakage of water and dirt on the road. The concerned department has been asked to repair the leakage, officials added.
Samata Sainik Dal worker Manoj Garbade and two others who threw ink at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil were granted bail by a judicial magistrate on Wednesday, a day after the Pimpri-Chinchwad police dropped the attempt-to-murder charge invoked against them.
The three men were detained last week after one of them threw ink at BJP leader while he was leaving a party leader’s residence in the Chinchwadgaon area of Pimpri-Chinchwad. Police also detained the two others who were raising slogans against Patil. The aggression came after Patil, at a function in Paithan on Friday, said that Jyotiba Phule, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had all started schools in the country. Read more.
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Predictions suggest that Pune on Thursday is likely to witness partly cloudy skies with very light rains.
The maximum and minimum temperatures in Pune are likely to be around 25.8 degrees Celsius and 18.8 degrees Celsius throughout the day.
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