#puneinpixels: Heavy rains, Kerala relief, homage to Vajpayee, Eid celebration...Pune this week

With catchment areas receiving continuous rains, the state irrigation department has released water from Khadakwasla dam leading to Mutha river swelling and closing down the Baba Bhide bridge. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in central Maharashtra. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Aug 23, 2018 6:30 PM IST

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With catchment areas receiving continuous rains, the state irrigation department has released water from Khadakwasla dam leading to Mutha river swelling and closing down the Baba Bhide bridge. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in central Maharashtra. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

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An all party condolence meet in the memory of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, organised by PUWJ and City BJP, at Balgandharva auditorium in Pune on Sunday. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

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People visiting Ayyappa temple in Khadki contribute towards Kerala flood relief fund on Friday. (HT PHOTO)

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People visit the Metro information centre set up at Balgandharv Rang Mandir on Sunday. The information centre is a life-size model of Pune Metro coach, so that residents get a glimpse of how the metro coaches will look like when launched. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

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Aaditya Thackeray, president of Yuva Sena, a youth wing of Shiv Sena, takes a selfie with participants at a self defence training camp at Dr Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture (BNCA) for women in Karvenagar on Monday. (HT PHOTO)

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A 29-wagon train carrying 14.50 lakh litres of drinking water was sent from Pune to Kerala for the flood affected victims. (HT PHOTO)

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People clean their vehicles at Deccan after 15,129 cusecs of water was released from Khadakwasla dam into Mutha river on Sunday. The metro work going on in the city on the riverbed has been halted for a month. (HT PHOTO)

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Vande mataram sanghatana, Yuva vadya pathak, Shivsagar vadya pathak and Shiv vardhan vadya pathak performed a traditional ceremony where flautist extraordinaire and Indian classical music legend Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia was weighed at Balgandharva auditorium in Pune on Wednesday and relief materials worth his weight would be sent to flood­-hit Kerala. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

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A view of the swollen Mutha river after 18,491 cusecs of water was released from Khadakwasla dam into the river on Tuesday. Water level has increased in all the rivers in the city due to continuous rainfall. (RAHUL RAUT/HT PHOTO)

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Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha members organised a march to protest the arrests made in the Narendra Dabholkar case. The march was held from Maharana Pratap garden to Kasba Ganpati temple on Tuesday. (RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)

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Excess water being released from Pandharpur's Ujani Dam following continues heavy rains across Maharashtra on Tuesday. (HT PHOTO)

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Continuous rainfall in the city for the past few days has led to potholes on a majority of roads. Commuters, especially two-wheeler riders, are finding it very difficult to drive on the roads. Many are complaining of health issues as a result of bumpy rides. (RAHUL RAUT/HT PHOTO)

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Despite the rains, Muslims turned up in large numbers, with some holding umbrellas, to offer prayers at Golibar Maidan in the city on the festival of Eid-ul-­Adha on Wednesday. (RAHUL RAUT/HT PHOTO)