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Aditi Shekar TOI

@Aditi_Shekar

Environment and civic Journalist at Times of India, Pune. Views are personal. Reach out to me on - [email protected], [email protected]

Joined March 2016
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In the times of climate change, water scarcity, extreme weather events, deadly pollution and urban traffic snarls, it would be foolish not to have a citizens' environment manifesto for our elected representatives. These are the basic demands from us at @VTBKS_Pune 1. Delete…

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Congratulations @SidShirole for securing the candidature from Shivajinagar. As an incumbent you are already aware of what residents want. 1. Khadde free roads with proper working street lights. 2. Enforcement of traffic laws 3. A clampdown on visual pollution; Flex hoardings…

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I am deeply grateful to Hon. PM @narendramodi ji @BJP4India President @JPNadda ji, HM @AmitShah ji, DM @rajnathsingh ji, Dy. CM @Dev_Fadnavis ji, @BJP4Maharashtra President @cbawankule ji, and the @BJP4India @BJP4Maharashtra leadership for entrusting me with the candidature and…

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As part of their riverfront development project, the Pune municipal corporation has closed two channels in the Mula-Mutha river which they say is beneficial to prevent floods. Environmentalists disagree with the claim. ⁦@jbaphna⁩ ⁦@RupeshKesekar⁩ ⁦@ameetgsingh

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One of the proudest moments for us, bringing Kannada folklore to the world’s podium. ‘Ajjiya Koli’ is a story we kids in Karnataka have grown up listening to. Watching it materialise like this is beautiful. Extremely proud ⁦@Chidanandasnaik⁩ ⁦@FTIIOfficial

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An important update on this situation. The forest department is currently tracing the chain of such illegal sale of Schedule animals, wanting to tap it at the source. ⁦@PuneForest⁩ ⁦@MahaForest⁩ ⁦@TOIPune

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Over 180 birds were injured as massive trees fell on stormy night in Baramati on Thursday night last week. Thankfully ⁦@resqct⁩ saved many of these precious animals and are currently being rehabilitated in their facility. ⁦@TOIPune⁩ ⁦@PuneForest

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One that is closer to my heart, what women want this time around during elections. In conversation, equality has been staggeringly slow for the last few years. ⁦@TOIPune

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Environmentalists in Pune met Lok Sabha nominees over the last few weeks and were promised of reevaluation of harmful projects such as BalBharati-Paud phata road project. ⁦@VTBKS_Pune⁩ ⁦@sushmadate⁩ ⁦@prajpanshikar⁩ ⁦@PuneNGOs⁩ ⁦⁦@TOIPune

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It’s important to understand how haphazard allotment of ‘degraded’ land for tree plantation to agencies to get ‘green credits’ might not to be effective. ⁦@SVYadwadkar⁩ ⁦@pushkar_k09⁩ ⁦@lara_jesani⁩ ⁦@PuneNGOs⁩ ⁦@TOIPune

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It is critical to know our political representatives views on their vision for our city. #Pune's identity, our unique natural heritage #VetalTekdi Thanks for the coverage @htpune @TOIPune @Aditi_Shekar

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Water scarcity has now hit wildlife with tanker businesses charging extra for trips to fill waterholes. Forest dept has now taken emergency funds for filling 470 waterholes in Pune district. ⁦@PuneForest⁩ ⁦@resqct

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The only Indian short film, and the first student Kannada film from FTII has been selected for the Cannes film festival. The film itself is based on the Kannada folklore ‘Ajji Koli’ , with the director adding his own twist to it. ⁦@FTIIOfficial

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The National Green tribunal (principle bench) has taken suo-motu cognizance regarding tree felling activity in Wanowrie by the forest dept based on my article on Jan 12, has asked for clarification from the dept now. ⁦@PuneForest⁩ ⁦@MahaForest⁩ ⁦⁦@TOIPune

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For the past two weeks, there has been a follow up on the Balbharati-Paud phata road project, awaiting report submission by apex court committee soon. ⁦@VetalTekdi⁩ ⁦@sushmadate⁩ ⁦@prajpanshikar⁩ ⁦@sumitakale

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When I visited the city to explore on why it was deemed so clean, the aspect I was surprised by the most is resident willingness to participate, things to learn, always! ⁦@saswadmc⁩ ⁦⁦@PMCPune

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Citizens were dissapointed after two key candidates did not show up for an organised interaction on Saturday. Now a manifesto has been released by⁦⁦@parivartanpune⁩ seeking better governance. ⁦@ChaitanyaKet⁩ ⁦@prajpanshikar⁩ ⁦@SahakarnagarCF

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One of the most rare observations of the endangered Indian grey wolves is their coexistence with other canines due to increase in leopard population. This study by ⁦⁦@godbole_mihir⁩ and ⁦@neha_panchamiya⁩ , Nachiket Awadhani cites various instances of this

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Apex court panel to scrutinise Balbharati Rd plan this week : former PCCF (Wildlife) Sunil Limaye, also member of the central empowered committee is hearing both ends of the argument on the road from citizens and the corporation today for a report. epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?…


Junnar forest division has now set up base camps with over 15 volunteers at three sensitive spots to prevent human-leopard conflicts and attacks. ⁦@TOIPune⁩ ⁦@resqct

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