Subheadline: Councillors have demanded action against officials after a schoolgirl’s death in a crash on the Pune road.
Pune | September 11, 2026
A schoolgirl’s death in a road accident on Pune’s Katraj-Kondhwa road has triggered protests and demands for administrative accountability during a general body meeting of the Pune Municipal Corporation. Councillors from the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party factions led by Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar, and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) raised the issue at the beginning of the meeting, according to a report by Loksatta.
The councillors demanded justice for the girl and sought action against the officials allegedly responsible for conditions on the road. They questioned the civic administration over whether disciplinary action would be taken against the officers linked to the circumstances surrounding the accident.
Councillor Arvind Shinde said that 21 people had so far lost their lives on the Katraj-Kondhwa road. He also alleged that electricity poles belonging to Mahavitaran had still not been removed from the road. According to the report, Shinde linked the presence of the poles to the death of the schoolgirl two days earlier.
The allegations were made in the context of the road’s delayed completion. Shinde said that ₹150 crore had been spent on the project, but the road remained incomplete. He also questioned the availability of traffic wardens at junctions, stating that ₹60 crore had been provided for the purpose but wardens were not present at the intersections.
The episode brought the road project’s physical works and traffic-management arrangements under scrutiny inside the civic body. The concerns raised by councillors cover both the unfinished road and the continued presence of infrastructure that they allege creates safety risks for road users.
The protests began as soon as the Pune Municipal Corporation general body meeting started. Members called for action against the administration and asked when officials would accept responsibility for the repeated fatalities and unresolved road-related problems.
The available report does not include a detailed response from the municipal administration, Mahavitaran or the traffic authorities to the allegations raised in the meeting. It also does not specify a revised completion date for the road, the status of pole removal or the deployment schedule for traffic wardens. These details remain to be clarified by the concerned agencies.
