Pune Implements Divider Openings to Combat Monsoon Flooding and Improve Drainage

1. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) road department takes action to prevent waterlogging in the city.
2. Recent heavy pre-monsoon rains lead to waterlogging in various areas of Pune.
3. PMC identifies buried stormwater drain chambers and lack of divider openings as causes of waterlogging.
4. The road department plans to create small openings in road dividers to improve drainage.
5. Sahebrao Dandge, superintendent engineer of PMC, emphasizes the importance of channeling rainwater collected on roads.
6. Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) to create openings in dividers along metro stretches.
7. Hemant Sonawane, executive director of Maha-Metro, states they will make openings in dividers upon receiving a letter from PMC.
8. PMC road department to adopt new techniques for footpath construction to improve drainage.
9. Use of granular sub-base (GSB) and wet mix macadam (WMM) planned for placing blocks and tiles on footpaths.
10. Incorporation of bore holes into rain chambers to aid in groundwater recharge and improve overall drainage in Pune.

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