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    Yogesh Joshi

    Yogesh Joshi is the Metro Editor with the Pune edition of Hindustan Times, where he has been working since 2005. He oversees coverage of the city and western Maharashtra and writes on urban governance, civic administration, infrastructure, public policy and politics, often exploring how these issues intersect.

    Articles by Yogesh Joshi

    When Ganeshotsav was meant to make people listen

    In 2025, the average noise level recorded at 10 locations was 92.6 decibels, the lowest post-Covid average, but still considerably above the prescribed daytime limit of 55 decibels for residential areas. (FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 02:48 IST

    Monday Musings: Rahul Gandhi’s Pune show was as much about Congress as it was about students

    Meetings were held in different areas, workers mobilised and students contacted in large numbers. (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Aug 24, 2026 02:44 IST

    50+ Youth Congress workers detained in Pune after clash ahead of Rahul's event

    Pune Police have booked 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers after a violent clash between ABVP and NSUI at a university hostel.
    india news
    Updated on Aug 22, 2026 07:06 IST

    Monday musings: Who is responsible for the infra mess in India’s auto hub?

    Pune, India -November21, 2022 :The traffic jam at Chakan Chowk on the Pune-Nashik Highway has become a matter of routine. in Pune, India, on Monday,November 21, 2022.(HT PHOTO)
    pune news
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:58 IST

    Monday Musings: HCMTR project is progressing, but what has changed?

    PMC officials have indicated that construction tenders could be invited by October. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
    pune news
    Updated on Aug 10, 2026 02:49 IST

    Monday Musings: When sugar became fuel

    The shift has been so gradual that it has escaped the public attention it deserves. (HT FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Aug 3, 2026 03:01 IST

    Monday Musings: Pune’s leadership vacuum, and the CM who stepped in

    Pune, Jul 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, inspects the mini models of the Pune-Shirur Upgraded Expressway, Talegaon-Chakan-Shikrapur Upgraded Expressway, and Hadapsar-Yavat Upgraded Expressway, in Pune on Saturday. State Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar and state minister Chandrakant Patil also present. (@CMOMaharashtra X/ANI Photo) (@CMOMaharashtra X)
    pune news
    Updated on Jul 20, 2026 02:32 IST

    Monday Musings: Tukaram Mundhe’s FDA drive sends strong message to violators

    Mumbai, India - July 3, 2026: Tukaram Mundhe, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), during Monsson Assembly Session at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, India, on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
    pune news
    Updated on Jul 13, 2026 03:10 IST

    All that’s on your plate isn’t healthy: FDA crackdowns force a reckoning

    FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe says not all food is adulterated, but consumers cannot be certain unless it complies with food safety norms.
    india news
    Updated on Jul 12, 2026 01:42 IST

    Pune’s traffic future: Flyovers, metro, key mass transit route or Patal-lok?

    Every few years, Pune rediscovers an old solution to its traffic woes. This time, it is the High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) that is back in focus. (HT FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Jul 6, 2026 03:25 IST

    Monday Musings: Good monsoon created complacency; weak one will test water planning

    The larger question is whether civic bodies and government agencies have used the years of good rainfall to strengthen water sources. (Mahendra Kolhe/HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Jun 21, 2026 23:08 IST

    Wells beside roads, deaths waiting to happen

    According to villagers, another vehicle had fallen into a roadside well in the same area barely two weeks earlier. No lives were lost then. This time, eight people died. (FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Jun 15, 2026 24:52 IST

    A 33-km opportunity Pune cannot afford to waste

    A 33-km opportunity Pune cannot afford to waste
    pune news
    Updated on Jun 8, 2026 24:22 IST

    Monday Musings: When warnings are ignored

    Monday Musings: When warnings are ignored
    pune news
    Updated on May 31, 2026 21:52 IST

    Pune’s civic culture: Build, inaugurate, personalise

    Pune’s civic culture: Build, inaugurate, personalise
    pune news
    Updated on May 18, 2026 01:16 IST

    Monday Musings: When constituencies begin to feel inherited

    Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar (right), with her sons Parth (centre), and Jay Pawar (second from right). (HT FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 27, 2026 01:22 IST

    On Sunetra Pawar’s poll day, Jay’s 2029 claim and Rohit’s counter revive talk of another Pawar vs Pawar battle

    On Sunetra Pawar’s poll day, Jay’s 2029 claim and Rohit’s counter revive talk of another Pawar vs Pawar battle
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 24, 2026 01:40 IST

    Monday Musings: Tanker economy - Pune’s parallel water market is no longer seasonal

    Monday Musings: Tanker economy - Pune’s parallel water market is no longer seasonal
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 20, 2026 01:12 IST

    Monday Musings: There’s urgent need to save Pune’s lakes

    The response signals urgency, but it also raises a quieter question: why do Pune’s lakes keep reaching this stage? (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 13, 2026 01:30 IST

    Sunetra Pawar makes emotional pitch as she files by-poll nomination

    Pawar, 62, is contesting an election for the second time. (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 6, 2026 21:54 IST

    Parth rules out bid for unopposed by-poll win

    NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said his party will not reach out to the Congress to seek an unopposed win in the assembly by-election in Baramati (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 6, 2026 21:48 IST

    Monday musing: When the rain is real, and the city still isn’t ready

    Last Thursday’s rain was not extraordinary in volume over the day. But its intensity over a brief window overwhelmed the city’s drainage capacity. (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Apr 6, 2026 24:24 IST

    Monday Musings: Building a city underground, without knowing what lies beneath

    Underground corridors, especially in the dense old city, are complex engineering exercises that demand precise mapping of existing utilities — water pipelines, sewer lines, cables, and, crucially, legacy structures like wells. (HT FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Mar 29, 2026 23:50 IST

    From flunking math to advising bizmen: Rise and fall of rape-accused ‘godman’

    Kharat was born Laxman Kharat in Kahandelwadi village in Nashik district. (File photo)
    mumbai news
    Updated on Mar 27, 2026 06:48 IST

    Monday Musings: Politics, faith and the comfort of godmen

    As allegations against Kharat (in pic) surfaced, older images and accounts of political leaders visiting him began to circulate. (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Mar 23, 2026 05:14 IST

    Monday Musings: Can low-emission zones make Pune breathe easier?

    For decades, Pune has comforted itself with the belief that it is not as polluted as Delhi or Mumbai. The city likes to think of itself as breezy, green and relatively breathable. Yet the numbers tell a different story. (HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Mar 16, 2026 24:16 IST

    Monday Musings: The political economy of farm loan waivers in Maharashtra

    Maharashtra’s experience suggests that agrarian distress cannot be reduced to a single policy lever. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
    pune news
    Updated on Mar 9, 2026 01:02 IST

    Monday Musings: Pune plans big, but struggles to finish what it starts

    The latest example comes from the proposed Metro Phase-4 corridor, meant to connect Khadakwasla to Kharadi through some of the city’s most congested stretches. The project itself promises relief to growing suburbs, but the plan has already hit a familiar hurdle: land for the metro car shed. (HT FILE)
    pune news
    Updated on Mar 2, 2026 01:30 IST

    In the aftermath of Ajit Pawar's death, the rise of Rohit Pawar decoded

    Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader and MLA Rohit Pawar at a press conference at the YB Chavan Centre.
    mumbai news
    Updated on Feb 22, 2026 06:19 IST

    Monday musings: When Pune’s protests make noise, but say little

    By evening on Sunday, the stretch outside Congress Bhavan in Shivajinagar looked familiar again—police vans parked, party workers loitering, and broken glass marking the end of a protest that began as a show of strength and slid quickly into violence. It was loud, televised, and it will likely be forgotten by the next news cycle. (Mahendra Kolhe/HT)
    pune news
    Updated on Feb 16, 2026 24:58 IST
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