India, July 1 -- Well over a month since the onset of the monsoon and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) commissioner Naval Kishore Ram on Thursday, June 26, directed that underground- stormwater and drainage lines currently connected to drainage chambers in urban agglomeration areas such as Janta Vasahat, Bhavani Peth, Kothrud, Mangalwar Peth and Shivajinagar among many others be separated.

The move comes on the back of heavy rainfall leading to flooding and inconvenience to residents in as many as 75 locations - Fish Market, Pawale Chowk (Kasba), Nagzira Nala stretch (Padmavati), Bhim Nagar, Ganj Peth, Somwar Peth, Gururaj Society, Padmavati Chowk (near Anna Bhau Sathe statue) - where stormwater lines have not been properly connected or ...