NCP leader killed, as auto turns turtle

The auto rickshaw he was travelling in keeled over when the driver applied the brakes to avoid crashing into a twowheeler coming from the wrong side Dr Ghule a resident of Rajyog Society in Padmavati is survived by his wife Smita daughter Aishwarya and son Manas He was to travel to Mumbai by train to attend a meeting of the Doctors Cell and had taken the auto around 630 am to reach Pune station Sudden death The spot where Dr Dilip Ghule died yesterday The deceased had his own car but since his driver was on leave he opted to hire a threewheeler When he came to Swami Vivekanand statue junction near Padmavati he saw an auto driver ndash later identified as Dhondiba Masaji Shinde 58 of Dhankawadi ndash parked there He asked Shinde to take him to station ldquoThe meter of the rickshaw caused serious injuries to Dr Ghulersquos chestrdquo said Sandeep Kunjir brotherinlaw of the deceased Assistant commissioner of police Swargate division Vasant Sonawane said ldquoThe auto carrying Dr Ghule had reached Bibwewadi junction where construction work on a pedestrian subway is on The road has been lifted in parts due to the underground work resulting in unevenness in and around the junction The driver spotted a twowheeler coming from the opposite side and to avoid a collision he applied the brakes Owing to a slope near the subway the auto turned turtle and Dr Ghule received serious injuries to his head and chest He was immediately moved to Rao Nursing Home by the auto driver and other citizens but he succumbed to the injuries around 130 pm A case is being registered against the driver Hersquoll be arrested on charges of negligent drivingrdquo Expressing her condolences on Facebook NCP leader Supriya Sule said ldquoDr Ghule was close to our family and a dedicated activist of the party since its inception When Sharad Pawar had decided to set up a Doctors Cell the leadership obviously went to Dr Ghule In the last 12 years Dr Ghule worked particularly with malnourished children from Melghat and Jawhar areas of the state He also worked for the Senior Citizens Cell of the partyrdquou00a0 Accidentprone spot The mishap took place on the BRT stretch of CD Deshmukh Road near Bibwewadi junction Construction work on pedestrian subway has been going on at this junction for the past two years The operation till now has been completed in three parts with the last leg remaining The concept of partiallyunderground pedestrian subway is being implemented here owing to which the road has become bumpy in and around the junction After laying down the slab of the subway tar roads have been constructed with a high gradient on both sides Once vehicles leave the signal at high speed drivers tend to lose control because of the slant resulting in minor accidents regularly which go unreported gt December 27 2011 PMC issues work order to contractor to start pedestrian subway construction at Bibwewadi junction which was expected to be completed in a year gt October 2012 The construction work actually began and is 60 to 70 per cent complete now It is expected to finish by March 2014u00a0