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This is an archive article published on October 1, 1998
Pune Beat
PMC okays road along MuthaThe city improvement committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation approved on Wednesday the construction of a 40...
PMC okays road along Mutha
The city improvement committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation approved on Wednesday the construction of a 40-foot submersible road from Mhatre bridge to the Pune Municipal Transport terminus at Deccan Gymkhana.
Rashid Shaikh, chairman of the committee, told media persons that the construction of the 1,420-metre long road would cost an estimated Rs 1.28 crore. The approach road will be from Erandwane gaothan, behind PMT terminus, while the 100-foot DP road from Warje to Mhatre bridge will also be connected to the submersible road, thereby easing the traffic congestion on Karve Road.
The committee also approved the construction of a submersible road from behind PMT terminus, parallel to Kelkar Road to Maharshi Shinde bridge Balgandharva Rangmandir. The 40-foot wide and 800-metre long road is expected to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 62 lakh and will help ease traffic congestion on Kelkar Road.
Award for NCL scientist
Dr K N Ganesh, head of the organic chemistry division at the National Chemical Laboratory here has been awarded the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar award for 1997 in the area of chemical sciences.
The Bhatnagar award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research carries Rs 1 lakh in cash, plaque and a citation.
Ganesh gets the award for his contribution in deoxy ribonucleic acid DNA, therapeutics and diagnostics. This is an emerging area where drugs are targeted directly to genes, avoiding the disadvantages of conventional drugs.
Dr Ganesh is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences and the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.
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