It was great to meet with @CPPuneCity to discuss various traffic issues plaguing #Pune. The meeting was coordinated by @ppcr_pune
Various representatives from industry, academic institutions, students and others participated. Would like to thank the Commissioner and his team.
.@CPPuneCity and his team patiently heard all the inputs and macro suggestions. A detailed list of over 200 individual suggestions (crowd sourced by @sudhirmehtapune on Twitter) was also shared with the @PuneCityPolice.
The macro suggestions focused on -
- utilising tech for better enforcement against rash driving, parking violations
- better studies of local traffic issues, with participation from students and citizens
- creating 'continuous driver education' modules via apps
...and more.
The highways from both sides of the Mumbai-Pune E-way (Pune bypass and Panvel-Sion) are a big mess...for years.
Chronic issues - road quality, lane markings, lighting, encroachments, illegal stopping, and more.
No attention paid to these key link roads by @NHAI_Official, MSRDC?
For the Pune bypass - No maintenance of the road median, debris lying around the service roads, no maintenance of the service roads at all (major safety risk), buses stopping illegally - blocking traffic, vendors occupying road medians and more.
Couple of spots where 6 lanes become 4 lanes are big accident risk spots. No signage, lane markings there.
Lighting at night is poor - with many lights not working.
At night, many trucks are illegally parked in the left lane.
Today is the 250th death anniversary of Madhavrao Peshwa - one of the great leaders of 18th century India.
Taking charge at a young age of 16 amidst multiple serious setbacks (Panipat loss, and later the death of his father) - he helped stabilize & strengthen the Maratha Empire.
Madhavrao successfully confronted the Nizam, Hyder Ali, British and consolidated Maratha Empire in the north. In less than a decade after Panipat, Marathas had regained supremacy at Delhi.
He achieved all this while facing an internal power struggle (uncle) and a failing health.
Even while constantly facing the internal power struggle with Raghunathrao (uncle), Madhavrao assembled a great leadership team of Mahadji Shinde, Holkars and others, along with Nana Phadnavis.
He achieved all this while his health was continuously failing.
Jagannath 'Nana' Shankarsheth Murkute was one of the key 'builders' and 'architects' of modern Mumbai, and Indian Railways in the mid 19th C. Today is his 157th death anniversary.
Unfortunately, few people in Mumbai and Maharashtra know about him today.
In 1845, Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Jaganath Shankarsheth formed the Indian Railway Association, which later was incorporated into G.I.P. (Great Indian Peninsula) Railway - modern day Central Railway.
GIP ran India's first passenger train between Mumbai and Thane in 1853.
The University of Mumbai - was a culmination of efforts of prominent citizens of Mumbai of that era (1840s Mumbai)...who sent a petition to the British Parliament.
This group included - Bhau Daji Lad, Jagannath Shankarsheth, Cowaji Jehangir and others.
"This is not a government mandate, but every school follows this national trend with little variations. In fact, this practice may be familiar to some in other parts of the world as it is shown in many anime series depicting Japanese school life."
"Their motto is simple: if you are using a particular space, it is your duty and responsibility to ensure that you leave that space clean. It helps people to learn the importance of cleanliness -- an important life skill that millions haven't mastered around the world!"