Residents protest municipal apathy over BRT stops

Residents of Wadgaonsheri staged a protest on Monday, highlighting the alleged neglect of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus stops by Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

- Indu Bhagat

Protesters raised slogans, saying that despite repeated complaints, public safety is being ignored by the authorities. They said they had filed official complaints and followed up several times, but PMC and PMPML had failed to undertake even basic repairs and maintenance of BRT infrastructure across the city. They said the apathy continued even as public transport fares kept rising, forcing commuters to travel in unsafe, broken and inhuman conditions.