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Pune district records highest road mishapsSolapur: The Maharashtra State Road Accidents Control Committee member Chandmal Parmar today di...

Pune district records highest road mishaps
Solapur: The Maharashtra State Road Accidents Control Committee member Chandmal Parmar today disclosed that Pune district recorded highest number of road accident in the country due to the increasing population and increase in vehicles.

Talking to press persons here, Parmar said that during last 40 years, Pune8217;s population has increased four folds. The roads length and width have been made 5 time whereas the vehicles have been increased 90 times of the previous strength which have broken all times accident records.

Giving details about the road mishaps, Parmar said that in the country there were 36 vehicles behind one thousand people. In Maharashtra the number was 50 and in Mumbai it was 150 but in Pune there were 350 vehicles behind a thousand people.

8220;Out of the total 49.46 lakh vehicles in the state, Pune has 9.95 lakh vehicles while Mumbai is still behind with 8.95 lakh vehicles,8221; he said.

Parmar said that to suggest measures against road accidents the committee travelled three thousand kilometer and visited 2500 accident spots so far. The state government has allocated Rs. 12 crore to minimise road accidents, he added.

Horse riders reach Delhi
Pune: The 14-member horse riding expedition of Pune8217;s Ajinkya Pratishthan has reached the Capital on December 20, after covering a distance of 1,500 kms. The horse riders travelled by the same route which Shivaji Maharaj had taken to travel to Agra 300 years ago.

Book display
Pune: Utakarsha Book Services will organise an exhibition of books at Acharya Atre Hall, Bajirao Road, from December 28 to January 22, from 10 am to 8 pm.

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Singing contest
Pune: Modern College and Mom Studio and Cassette Company will organise an inter-collegiate duet singing competition at Bharat Natya Mandir on January 6. January 3 is the last date for submission of entries. Details can be had from the college office, telephone nos. 325927 and 325102.

Desai elected
Pune: Nitin R Desai has been elected president of Poona Club Ltd. Kiran R Bafana is its new vice-president. Other members of the board of directors are Giri Chudasama, Chandu Dabhade, Nitin D Desai, Sqn Ldr B R Gulati Retd, Manoj S Malkani, Sunil S Handa, Sandeep Sanghvi, Deepak Shah and Sharad S Shah.