palkhi route

The district administration has initiated steps to acquire plots of lands at the places of halts along the palkhi routes of Sant Dnyneshawar and Sant Tukaram.

District collector Vikas Deshmukh has asked the administration to clear encroachments along the routes of the Sant Dnyneshwar and Sant Tukaram palkhis.

Tests conducted on 1,691 water samples showed that 404 of them needed chlorination to prevent bacterial infection, which can cause gastroenteritis, jaundice, typhoid, cholera or dysentery.

Devrai, a non-governmental organisation, in association with the Dehu Road military station, is conducting a tree plantation drive along the palkhi route from Dehu village to Nigdi.

As many as 56 well-equipped ambulances of 'Maharashtra Emergence Medical Service' (MEMS) helped 29,972 warkaris (pilgrims) - people who take annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur - this year, said Dhyaneshwar Shelke, chief operating officer, MEMS.

The Pune regional transport office (RTO) will extend medical help to the devotees taking part in the Palkhi procession this year.

Lack of necessary permission for barricading is likely to delay the work of the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro line being implemented by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA).

The Pimpri Chinchwad commissioner of police has issued an order restricting the entry of heavy vehicles into the pilgrim town of Alandi from June 7-12, in a bid to prevent traffic congestion during the annual palkhi procession.

Days before the start of the annual Palkhi processions, the district authorities have initiated steps to remove encroachments along the palkhi routes.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will put up closed circuit television cameras at the pandals put up to welcome the saint Dnyaneshwar and saint Tukaram palkhi processions and provide various amenities to the lakh of warkaris accompanying the processions.

The palkhis will reach Mariaai gate on Pune-Mumbai highway on Wednesday afternoon.

There will be no load shedding in the villages along the route that the two palkhis of sant Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram take this year to facilitate the pilgrims' progress, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Monday.

To avoid chaos and inconvenience caused to the warkaris (devotees) who come for the annual Pandharpur pilgrimage, the district administration will initiate steps to reroute the vehicular traffic to alternative roads during the annual Palkhi procession to Pandharpur.

The state irrigation department plans to release about 5 TMC water from Ujani dam for the ongoing Palkhi procession.The water will flow into the Bhima river and further on to Pandharpur.