Satisfactory finish

MiD DAYs monsoon campaign achieves a success rate of 75 per centMiD DAY CAMPAIGN ConcludedWhether its potholes or waterlogging mosquitoes multiplying or unsafe electricity poles MiD DAY came to your neighbourhood to listen to your monsoonrelated problems and get these fixed by the PMC Here are the reactionsGet in touch with us If you have any queries or any information to share contact us at punemailmiddaycomMiD DAY kicked off a campaign with Pune Municipal Corporation PMC on July 12 to identify monsoonrelated problems especially the waterlogged spots potholes and unsanitary conditions Positive step PMC kept its word and made the necessary repairs opposite Indian Overseas Bank on F C RoadIn consultation with PMC and traffic department of theu00a0 city police 22 areas were identified These included Karve Road F C Road J M Road Satara Road Baner Road Nagar Road Deccan College road University road and Market Yard road Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal kicked off the campaign with PMCs Additional City Engineer Vivek Kharwadkar Development Engineer N N Barapatre Executive Engineer Road Satishchandra Ghume and Pravin Gedam MiD DAY made the survey with PMC officials and local junior engineers in the past months and pointed out the problem areas during monsoon PMC fulfilled its promise to do the necessary repairs in the stipulated timeframe ranging from 24 hours to 72 hours in 49 spots out of the 66 that were surveyed a success rate of 75 per cent Officials speakI welcome MiD DAY and personally participated on Day 1 of the campaign My strict instructions for the road engineers were that the promises should be kept 100 per cent and I am happy that the joint venture between MiD DAY and PMC has done well I am extremely happy about itu00a0 Mohansingh Rajpal MayorWhy confine the campaign to monsoon alone It should be done throughout the year This will help assess our efficiency through feedback instead of criticising the civic body MiD DAY actively participated in the campaign and it was a successful associationu00a0 Vivek Kharwadkar Additional City Engineer RoadsThis is the second time we associated with MiD DAY First it was the auto campaign and then monsoon We had made a list of 80 waterlogged spots MiD DAY had selected 22 highlyproblematic areas that needed top priority I congratulate MiD DAY for following the list and making PMC work accordinglyu00a0 Manoj Patil DCP Traffic Pune PoliceResidents speakI am a first year commerce student and use Tilak Chowk Alaka Talkij Chowk and Karve Road every day It is pathetic that PMC is overlooking inundated spots that are creating problems for us It is not at all a safe place to walk for students MiD DAY campaign has eased out the issue to some limit u00a0Prajakta Patole 20 Resident of Kabir Baug Narayan PethIts a pity the city is full of potholes It is really difficult for us when fourwheelers speeding past squirt muddy water on our clothes I am happy that MiD DAY has tackled this issue by taking the PMC into confidence Good luck to any such campaign in futureu00a0 Rashmi Charvat 19 Student Sadashiv PethI sell nariyal on F C Road It is a mess during monsoon I saw MiD Day with PMC assessing the problem spots and some repairing work I am happy that the spot opposite Indian Overseas Bank was cleared by PMC I halt my cart to sell coconuts here I hope our hardships will end after the repair worksu00a0u00a0 Shiv Dayal Kumar 18 Resident of Vadar Wadi Off F C Road