28 public posts across r/pune, Instagram and Google Maps point to the same four chronic dump sites and twelve recurring drain-block points. PMC Solid Waste and the Storm-water Drainage cell have the equipment — what’s missing is one prioritised, monsoon-deadline roadmap that residents and officials can rally around.
“Garbage truck skipped our lane four days last week. The pile near Salunke Vihar gate is now waist-high. Three societies have written to the ward officer.”
“Salunke Vihar internal road waterlogged for 12 hours yesterday. School buses had to detour for two days. Same culvert blocks every monsoon.”
“RWAs of the Wanowrie corridor demand pre-monsoon desilting; four chronic dump sites flagged. PMC SWD says scheduling underway.”
“Reviews repeatedly mention overflowing bins, stench at the back-lane after 6pm, and irregular pickup. Vendors say nobody coordinates.”
“Composting bays were promised in 2023 — only 3 of 18 operational. Rest of the wet waste goes to the dump every day.”
“Acknowledged. SWD desilting schedule for Ward 47 will be finalised and published by 5 June 2026 ahead of the monsoon onset.”
“The garbage truck skipped our lane four days last week. The dump pile near Salunke gate is now waist-high.”
— Reddit r/pune · Apr 2026
“Last August the Salunke Vihar internal road was waterlogged for 12 hours. School buses had to detour for two days.”
— Instagram reel · Wanowrie resident
“The corporator visited twice. The problem is the drains feed into a choked culvert at Kondhwa Road that PMC SWD has to clear.”
— Local RWA meeting · Mar 2026
“Composting bays at societies were promised in 2023 — only 3 of 18 are operational. The rest still send wet waste to the dump.”
— PunekarNews · Apr 2026
The Salunke Vihar–Wanowrie corridor is one of Pune’s densest mid-density zones — and with monsoon 2026 weeks away, both the garbage and drainage problems compound each other. We don’t see this as a failure of any one office. PMC Solid Waste, the Storm-water Drainage cell, and 11 active RWAs each have a clear role — what follows is a respectful, costed sequence that draws on the Hadapsar pre-monsoon desilting protocol (2024) which prevented waterlogging in 9 chronic spots that year.
PMC Sanitary Inspector + Ward Officer joint walkthrough. GPS-tag the 4 dump sites and 12 drain blocks. Photographic baseline. Ward-level GIS layer published on PMC portal.
RWA volunteers from 11 societies join the walk-through. Submit historical photos via the WhatsApp evidence group. Three years of citizen memory becomes a one-day audit.
Augment collection from 1× to 2× daily at the 4 chronic sites. Operationalise the 15 promised society-level composting bays (₹3L per bay, PMC subsidy 60%). Dedicated wet-waste route for the corridor.
Societies complete the composting bay civil work (PMC supplies the bays + training). Households segregate at source — without segregation the composting bays choke in three weeks.
Pre-monsoon desilting of 12 chronic blocks + the Kondhwa Road feeder culvert. Replace 38 corroded grates (heavy-duty SFRC). Hadapsar 2024 protocol: complete by 15 June, third-party audit on 20 June.
RWAs nominate one Drain Warden per society to monitor blockage post-monsoon-onset. Report blocks via Sahaay app — each report becomes a maintenance ticket with SLA.
Public dashboard at ward47sanitation.pmc.gov.in showing daily collection, dump-site clearance photos (before/after), drain-block resolution times, monthly waterlogging incidents.
15 RWA reps form the Ward 47 Sanitation Standing Committee — meets the 1st Saturday monthly with corporator + ward officer. Verifies dashboard accuracy.
PMC SWD desilted 17 chronic blocks in Hadapsar before the 2024 monsoon and replaced 42 grates. Result: zero waterlogging incidents > 4 hours through the season. The DPR template is reused here.
14 societies in Aundh-Baner cut wet-waste volume to the dump by 62% within 8 months of bay operationalisation. The funding split (PMC 60% / society 40%) translates 1:1.