- Pune Municipal Commissioner Rajendra Bhosale has identified excessive concretisation of land in housing societies as a major contributing factor to frequent flooding and waterlogging on Pune’s roads during heavy rains.
- Bhosale emphasized that the lack of open land prevents rainwater from seeping into the ground, leading to inundation problems in the city.
- To address this issue, Bhosale suggested that housing societies create bare land trenches to facilitate water percolation and proposed a policy prohibiting complete concretisation of housing society grounds.
- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is actively working on solutions to address chronic waterlogging spots in the city, including investigating the diversion and closure of drains to handle the increased water volume from unexpected heavy rainfall.
- Collaborative efforts are needed to comprehensively tackle the flooding and waterlogging issues in Pune, with the PMC taking proactive steps to mitigate the impact of heavy rains on the city’s infrastructure.
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