LIKE most Indian cities Pune has a dirty, stinky river flowing through it. So, when the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) unveiled an ambitious Pune Riverfront Rejuvenation Project that promised to give the city a clean river and a pretty riverside, no objections were raised.
“The public was consulted, and everyone agreed to the project. But that was because they were not presented with the true picture. People were promised a clean, free-flowing river. Who would not welcome that?” says Sarang Yadwadkar, who is an architect and urban planner.
A closer look revealed that the project was faulty. . .