As dengue cases in the city continue to increase by the day, there is mounting pressure on the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to curb the spread of the debilitating disease. However, instead of taking more stringent measures against it, the PMC seems more interested in covering up the threat, and punishing others who attempt to reveal how serious the problem really is.

Medical waste continues to pile up in the hospital’s backyard as the administration says that PMC is no longer assisting with waste disposal

If officials from the privately run Samarth Hospital are to be believed, the PMC has been harassing the hospital administration since they revealed the “real” magnitude of the threat about a fortnight ago. They have alleged that, in revenge, the PMC stopped collecting medical waste from the hospital premises, while lying in wait for the administration to flout regulations and dispose of the waste illegally.