India, June 2 -- While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had set May 31 as the deadline for completing all road digging works, the latter are still underway in various parts of the city, especially central Pune, despite it already being the month of June. Reason being the early arrival of the monsoon this year coupled with multiple spells of rain over the past couple of weeks.

The PMC had instructed all agencies to wrap up digging work by May 31, however road works can still be seen in areas such as Katraj-Ambegaon near Dutta Nagar, Aranyeshwar, Sahakarnagar, Mitra Mandal Chowk, Navi Peth, Bibwewadi Road and Chavan Nagar among others. Traditionally, the civic body does not allow any road digging during the monsoon, except for emergenc...