Yo-Yo 8212; Pune

Keeping track of this week's snakes and ladder scoreUpTraffic Scene, with the Swatantryaveer V.D. Savarkar fly over, the first in the city a...

Keeping track of this week8217;s snakes and ladder score
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Traffic Scene, with the Swatantryaveer V.D. Savarkar fly over, the first in the city at Paud Phata, thrown open to the public on November 11. The fly over eliminates a conflict point for vehicles coming from Karve statue in Kothrud and proceeding straight along Karve Road, and also for those traversing from Nal Stop to Paud Road. These vehicles will climb up the fly over and descend onto Paud Road, avoiding the Paud Phata junction. Indeed, we can fly over now!

Stargazers, who wait with bated breath for the spectacular celestial event to be sighted on the midnight between Nov 17 and 18. Shooting stars, that will return after a gap of 33 years to hit the earth8217;s surface, are expected to light up the sky with their amazing brilliance on this night. Raat mein din?

Garbage Disposal, as the Pune Municipal Corporation strives to popularise vermiculture amongst housing societies. The PMC will provide Rs 1000 as subsidy to each society, and has already initiated a vermiculture project on its premises, open to the public as a model. Work with waste, we should.

The PMC8217;s literacy campaign, launched in November last year, and which now has a new batch of volunteers. One hundred and twenty-five schoolgoing children 8211; studying in Class VIII 8211; X 8211; have offered their services to teach persons thrice their age! Hats off to these young masters!

Compensation Claims, as the Maharashtra Accidents Claims Tribunal pulls up its socks in response to the pressure building up to tackle the pending of about 10,000 cases in the city. Advocates are now taking on the mantle of judges in conciliatory proceedings, initiated at the district court two months ago, under High Court guidelines.

Inspiration, that reaches new heights, with a galaxy of renowned personalities narrating their struggle-to-success sagas to the city8217;s youth at Shiv Udyog Sena8217;s lecture series, Jigar 2000. You too shall overcome, seems the message for the young 8216;uns.

The Kerala Clan, as a glimpse of their culture comes up on display at the Kerala Festival 1998 to be held in the city on November 14 and 15. Intended not just as a showcase of their lifestyle, the event also highlights their strength in numbers and brings to the notice of the concerned authorities their grievances about the reduced frequency of the South-bound trains passing through Pune. A refined way to protest.

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Rail travel on the Mumbai-Pune stretch for female passengers, as the separate coach provided exclusively for their safety and comfort on most express trains here has turned out to be the root of their woes. Their seclusion from the rest of the train, the services that are consequently denied to them end up making the journey annoying for them. Travails of travel.

Medical Hygiene, with several major private hospitals turning a deaf ear to the PMC8217;s plea to install their own incinerators. This, despite rules making it mandatory for 500-bed hospitals to introduce waste treatment facilities like incinerators before December 31, 1999. Four thousand kilos of bio-medical waste dumped, not disposed off properly, that stinks!

Onions, with city folk turning up their noses at the unconventional looks of the imported Iranian onions. This has led them to be carted away to Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh, Kanpur, Chittor. First came the soaring prices, then their availability, now this. Looks like the sob story shall never end.