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Railings will stay: PCBPresident of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) Brig Madan Gopal made it clear that the railings erected on the pavem...

Railings will stay: PCB
President of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) Brig Madan Gopal made it clear that the railings erected on the pavements of M G Road as part of the beautification plan would not be removed.

He was reacting to the protests lodged by the Pune Camp Merchants’ Association (PCMA) with the board that the railings were unnecessarily blocking the road.

The chairman of the association and the members of the association who run their shops on M G Road had submitted a memorandum to the vice-president and the elected members demanding the removal of these railings on the grounds that the narrow pavements made it imperative for people to walk along the roads adding thus adding to the congestion.

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Cantonment executive officer J Sharma said that the presence of the some anti-social elements near the railings did not merit the removal of the railings itself. We can take care of these minor issues but this does not meant that the board should go ahead and remove the railings, he argued.

Teachers’ strike
More than 3000 junior college trachers on Tuesday resolved to continue their indefinite strike by taking out a rally to the collectorate.

Vice-president of Pune Zilla Kanishtha Mahavidyalayin Shikshak Sanghatana S K Padval criticised the government for neglecting their demands.

Auto man killed
Autorickshaw driver Prakash Harigir Gosavi (25) of Mangalwar Peth was killed when an ST bus hit his vehicle near Raja Bunglow at Khadki on Tuesday afternoon. The bus was coming towards Pune while the rickshaw was proceeding in the opposite direction. The mishap occurred at 12.30 pm.