Overview
- PMC, which announced the plan Wednesday at the Nadi Mahotsav in Vitthalwadi, will run weekly drives on the river’s dirtiest stretches with citizens, students, NGOs and civic staff.
- Mayor Manjusha Nagpure urged a complete plastic ban within Pune limits and asked the administration to prepare a firm enforcement plan.
- The city expects 1,100 million litres per day of sewage treatment capacity to come online within a year to curb sewage flows, though officials say construction debris from roughly 1,400 sites still reaches the river.
- Officials said 4,000 sanitation workers cannot keep pace with a city of about 8 million, so progress depends on residents cutting litter, sorting waste and joining clean-ups.
- The River Festival used exhibitions, a new song, a documentary and cultural shows to recruit volunteers and push simple conservation habits linked to Mission LiFE.