Overview

• A Pune Municipal Corporation truck fell into a sinkhole at the City Post Office premises in Budhwar Peth on Friday afternoon.
• The driver of the truck, which was there for drainage cleaning, managed to escape unhurt as the truck sank rear-side first.
• Fire department officials, along with 20 personnel, conducted a three-hour operation to retrieve the truck and two two-wheelers that also fell in.
• Pune Municipal Commissioner suggested the sinkhole may have been caused by an old well covered with interlocking cement blocks.
• The incident has led to a political clash between NCP's Supriya Sule and BJP's Chitra Wagh, with Sule calling for an investigation into road quality and Wagh accusing her of spreading false narratives.