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Finally got an explanation of my kitchen cleaning obsession. It’s Zeigarnik Effect. Even better that someone studied this and created a hypothesis about it.
@raunakmahajan
There was an underpass planned from Aundh to SB road near University Chowk right? Why are they building columns there now? Where will this bridge go now?
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Dear @Uber_Pune @Uber_India
There must be some way of making sure that -
1. Cars dont smell like a homeless person slept in it overnight.
2. Drivers are not on phone all the time thru the ride.
Thank you.
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Yes, the number of vehicles without any plates at all is also quite surprising. No enforcement, no fear or any action.
It's not a number plate, but a slap on the face of law enforcement agencies of Maharashtra. Unfortunately, @DGPMaharashtra seems to be quite used to such slaps, given the sheer number of vehicles with illegal plates/no plates plying on MH roads.
@puneruralpolice @CMOMaharashtra
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Same for traffic police as well. We usually see them only during VIP visits.
Among some of the cities I have recently visited, feels like Pune has the least number of traffic police on the road/at signals/key intersections.
Pune metro region population is now over 10 million, and has well over 7 million registered vehicles!
Where are the traffic cops? One issue I think (wrote about this a decade back...) is that the strength of the traffic police force hasn't kept pace with the number of vehicles! (among the highest in the country).
Lack of traffic police on the road is one key reason why we see routine traffic violations and lawlessness on the road.
cc @PuneCityPolice @PuneCityTraffic @CPPuneCity @MDNagpure @Dev_Fadnavis
Hmm... is this what it takes? (see Bengaluru update below)
Can we get ministers to start touring and inspecting each individual road in Pune?
@navalMH @MDNagpure @SidShirole @ChDadaPatil @Dev_Fadnavis
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Best explanation why young people want socialism is because they’ve never lived in one. Send them to a summer camp in North Korea & let them face how socialism works in real life. Or send them to the museums on Communism in the former Soviet bloc countries to get a reality check.
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Remember, the real intention behind projects like road widening, flyovers, and tunnels is not to solve traffic congestion, but to mint money through tenders and contracts.
If the real goal were to solve traffic congestion, they would invest in #public #transport instead.
Pune: Heavy traffic congestion was reported on the Sinhagad Road flyover in Pune during the morning rush hour, with long queues of vehicles bringing traffic to a crawl. The congestion caused considerable inconvenience to commuters.
Vehicles lined up along the flyover as traffic movement slowed significantly, leaving several motorists stuck in long queues.
The rush of office-goers and other commuters travelling during the morning peak hours added to the traffic pressure. As a result, the Sinhagad Road flyover witnessed severe congestion, causing delays and frustration among motorists.
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Pune's elected reps and administrators have rural mindset. They have no sense of modernity, aesthetics, or design.
Their only aim is to impress fellow country cousins with cars, hoardings, and real estate deals. What else can explain the pathetic state of their wards?
5+ years on... and the stretch of Baner Road near @IISERPune continues to be a big disaster. Surface is worse than a warzone.
Do civic authorities assume that since thr metro work is going on for a decade now), they can ignore the road maintenance work underneath? 🤔
This is true for most metro/flyover/other infra projects. Neighbouring roads, footpaths are a huge mess.
Most of Baner Road has this problem.
cc @navalMH @MDNagpure @SidShirole @PMCPune @OfficialPMRDA
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A 35 km stretch holds up the entire Mumbai Delhi Expressway.
There is so much economic benefit of this corridor. However no seriousness from @NHAI_Official
The Minister @nitin_gadkari seems to have gone into undeclared retirement.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Four rounds of bids, but 35-km Gujarat stretch remains stuck - Roadways News | The Financial Express share.google/ALy9rhRqdlwRbuN…
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The 1948 anti-Brahmin pogrom is India's most deliberately erased chapter.
After Gandhi's assassination, Maharashtra didn't see justice. It saw collective punishment.
Across Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli, Belgaum, Pune - thousands of innocent families were targeted. Homes torched, shops looted, women assaulted, families driven from ancestral soil.
No judicial commission. No inquiry. No accountability.
Not because it didn't happen. Because the victims were politically inconvenient to defend.
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न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति ।
हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मैव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥
“Desire is never pacified by the enjoyment of desired objects. Rather, it increases further, just as fire grows when fed with offerings.”
(Manusmriti)
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Just a reminder about something I said a few years back: “addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.” “Enlightenment (for lack of a better term) is a progressive expansion of what brings your pleasure.”
Are you addicted to something? If so, what?
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ज्यांना उघड्या डोळ्यांनी रस्त्यावरचा कचरा दिसत नाही त्यांना जनतेच्या पैशांचा धूर करून जपानमधली स्वच्छता दिसणार कशी ?
म्हणजे कुत्रा दिसला की लांब जा.....realize that the dog is more privileged than you!
सावधगिरी बाळगा, सुरक्षित राहा!
कुत्र्यांच्या वर्तनाबाबत जागरूकता आणि योग्य काळजी हीच सुरक्षिततेची पहिली पायरी आहे.
नागरी सेवा, शहरातील अधिकृत माहिती आणि सार्वजनिक उपक्रमांची माहिती एका क्लिकवर मिळवण्यासाठी PMC CARE ॲप आजच डाउनलोड करा:
fxurl.co/PMCCARE
#rabiesprevention #rabiesawareness #RabiesDay #Health #DogBite #PMCCare #PuneCity @MoHFW_INDIA
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The government is to be blamed for using the government as the primary instrument for bringing about development and change.
Give MSMEs big tax breaks and easier access to credit at lower cost (without discrimination); they will do the training bit, just like the IT services sector did before.
Today I had a discussion with one senior office bearer of an MSME organisation, and he clearly said, "India does not have a dearth of jobs. India has a dearth of willing people who want to do jobs."
Most upskilling institutions and projects funded by the government are not bringing any result because they are not able to find willing people to upskill. Most industrialists of MSME nature are looking for more qualified, skilled people. They are unable to find them so far.
So the govt cannot be blamed for this totally. They have tried. Something the youth will also need to do besides making reels
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Every year, IT engineers, doctors, lawyers, CAs, architects , Bankers & other professionals in Maharashtra pay up to ₹2,500 as Professional Tax.
But a simple question needs an answer:
Where does this money go, and what does the Government do specifically for the professionals who pay it?
Is there a transparent statement showing the collection and utilisation of Professional Tax?
Professionals pay every year.
Shouldn’t there be accountability every year?
@CMOMaharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis @MahaDGIPR @MahaITDept
#ProfessionalTax #Maharashtra #Professionals #ITEmployees #Doctors #Lawyers #CA #Architects #Taxpayer #Accountability #PunePadvidhar
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start of most historical downfalls can be tracked back to arrogance.
we are seeing a live example in front of our eyes for BJP.
interesting thing about such downfall is that nothing happens for a while and then everything happens all at once.
This is alarming, people having a steady income now need to prioritize future savings over Iphone like consumption (status signalling), no one is going to rescue them when they retire if they have no savings.
