India, May 29 -- Despite directives from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the Pune Metro authorities have failed to create the necessary punctures in the road dividers beneath the elevated metro corridors-an oversight that once again resulted in waterlogging at multiple locations during the recent monsoon spell.

The PMC road department had earlier issued instructions to make small openings in the road dividers beneath the elevated metro corridors, especially Pune Metro lines 1 and 2, to prevent accumulation of rainwater. These instructions were based on issues flagged by the civic drainage department such as buried stormwater drain chambers and the absence of openings in dividers during site visits last year.

Despite a circular iss...