u/HateBoredom

I was having a pleasant time looking at the water flowing through the dam. I was only mildly irritated by the honking of vehicles on the bridge because some people parked on that narrow road to take pictures (don’t know how they get a vehicle license; and no, I literally took a bus to there and walked to the dam; yes we exist).
On my way back, I saw a guy throw a bag over the fence (into the side opposite to the one facing the dam doors). He then casually walked into the car (a woman, presumably his wife, was seated beside him; inside the car the whole time). This is literally the Mutha river.
I didn’t want to confront him there and took only a photo. Confronting him had risks of escalating aggression (I didn’t want to spoil my good mood too). Plus I don’t know if he’s a gone case and decides to take revenge on the way back.

I actually wanted to enter the top of the dam walls (it’s a guarded compound). The guard told me that a permit is required. Now I guess I know why they restrict access there.

I’m currently writing this from the bus when returning.

“There’sa no dustbin there” isn’t an excuse. Even I had a packet of juice there. I’m carrying the empty packet all the way to Swargate (because even bus 52 doesn’t have a dustbin). Moreover, it’s unlikely he collected all the waste from the bridge, put all that in a bag, and then decided to toss that bag into the river.

At PMC Pune metro (blue line)

I, along with many other people, use this bus stop nearly every day. Today, I came and saw that three large hoardings were installed here blocking the entrance to the bus stop: one advertisement and two political. If it starts raining, we’ll have to bend and enter the bus stop. We also cannot read the bus numbers clearly because these hoardings block the view from inside the stop too.
Anybody knows who could help here? It’s a PMPML bus stop (Pune, Wadgaon Sheri).

Pune (PCMC) is the newer side of Pune and is relatively better planned than the older Pune city (PMC side). I was roaming around Akurdi today and noticed that the area (this and large parts of Nigdi) has good walkable footpaths with cycle lanes, better maintained BRT stops, and a good railway station (local from Pune to Lonavala stops here). I faced some issues regarding the bus frequencies here and wished the local was more frequent, but otherwise the area seems very nice.
Anybody in this sub who lives there or could share deeper experiences from there?
I really think that such design elements should be followed by every city that’s expanding in India.

There’s a usual rule in Pune buses that the left side is entirely reserved for women. It’s nice to see that even in cases when the men’s side starts to get congested, we don’t start taking seats on the left side. Those seats were available for the women and elderly who boarded in the next stop.
I rarely see this in the metro where seats marked for women are not actually given to them even during crowded times. This could just be a one-off for me too. How comfortable and safe do women feel in PMPML? Anybody who wants to share their transit experiences?