Wanted criminal arrested; police solve 13 cases

Pune police arrested a notorious criminal from Shivajinagar, who was involved in 64 house break-in cases reported in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

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PUNE: The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal's (PMPML) had logged ₹766 crore for the year 2023-24, surpassing ₹734 crore loss made a year earlier.

The civic transport body tabled the audit report to the Pune Municipal Standing Committee for reference and asked the PMC and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to share the losses.

During the meeting, PMC commissioner Rajendra Bho-sale raised an objection over the rising losses of the public transport body.

Meanwhile, civic activist Vivek Velenkar blamed political and administrative leadership for these losses.

He said, "The irony is that no administrators or policymakers are serious about bus transport and overall public transport in the city.

They are interested only in tendering systems and hiring buses on contract.

Even the administration is not serious about running the PMPML efficiently. No IAS officer wants to work here, and those willing to work are transferred haphazardly. Since the formation of the PMPML, only one officer has completed his tenure."