- Dengue and chikungunya outbreaks have hit Pune City, with many households reporting cases of cold and fever.
- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Health Department is allegedly providing false statistics on the outbreaks.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) party workers staged a protest in the office of the PMC commissioner, accusing the administration of failing to spray preventive medicines.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) Pune Chief Sanjay More and other party workers participated in the demonstration.
- Protesters chanted slogans demanding the commissioner to come out and criticizing the PMC administration.
- The officials claimed that the actual situation regarding the outbreaks was much worse than the data presented by the commissioner.
- The protesters criticized the PMC for only spraying after dengue cases were detected, rather than as a preventive measure.
- It was revealed that no tender had been issued to hire spraying workers due to a dispute between contractors.
- The growing pig population in Pune, particularly in Kothrud, was brought to the commissioner’s attention.
- Dr. Bhosale assured the protestors that the PMC would immediately plan a solution to address the issues raised during the protest.
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