Mutha River

Notably, the menace is attributed to an increased water table in the Mula-Mutha river in Kharadi.

Hundreds of activists on Saturday staged the 'Chalo Chipko' (Let's hug trees) agitation in the Mutha riverbed in Pune city to protest the felling of trees for the ambitious Pune River Front Development (RFD) project.

Owing to heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Irrigation Department on Wednesday released water from Khadakwasla dam near Pune into the Mutha river, that passes through the city, which affected the low-lying localities.

A 15-year-old boy was beheaded allegedly by his classmates who hanged the body on a tree on the bank of river Mutha in the city, police said on Sunday.

Notably, the menace is attributed to an increased water table in the Mula-Mutha river in Kharadi.

Hundreds of activists on Saturday staged the 'Chalo Chipko' (Let's hug trees) agitation in the Mutha riverbed in Pune city to protest the felling of trees for the ambitious Pune River Front Development (RFD) project.

Owing to heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Irrigation Department on Wednesday released water from Khadakwasla dam near Pune into the Mutha river, that passes through the city, which affected the low-lying localities.

A 15-year-old boy was beheaded allegedly by his classmates who hanged the body on a tree on the bank of river Mutha in the city, police said on Sunday.