pune the pune municipal corporation pmc on monday rescued about 60 residents from anandnagar on sinhagad road after water gushed into the parking area of shamsundar apartment from the swollen mutha river areas in vitthalwadi were also inundated following incessant rains the disaster management cell shifted residents of shamsundar society to a safe place on monday evening some roads in tadiwala slums and pulachiwadi were under water we have identified 39 spots they are under close observation and our teams are on alert for rescue operations said ganesh sonune head of the cell he said that tilak bridge was closed for traffic as water levels in the mutha river rose and no traffic was allowed before water submerged the bridge citizens should contact the disaster management cell in case of an emergency on phone numbers 25501130 or 9689931511 we will ensure that immediate help is provided to citizens sonune added the water level of the mutha river began to rise since monday afternoon forcing people residing on the river banks to vacate their places mechanics and owners of food joints had to hurriedly remove their vehicles and stalls to safer places a scene depicting the disastrous panshet flood in 1961 that was a tableau put up by shivraj tarun mandal near deccan bus terminus for the forthcoming festival was partly washed away manoj bandal member of the mandal said some 12 flex boards with an average length of four feet were prepared and we were about to put them up on wooden boards however the river water rose suddenly and the powerful current washed away many planks and poles we will have to erect the pandal and the flex boards again some wires and cables of electric equipment also got wet when we were shifting the material to a safer place though civic officials made frequent announcements about the rising water level in the mutha river bandal said nobody knew the water was rising some housing societies along the river bank on sinhagad road were also affected because of the swollen river sanjay harale a government employee living at anand park near vitthalwadi area said once the river water increased the nullahs releasing water into the rivers were flooded and water entered the areas near the riverbed in some buildings the water level was two ft high and vehicles were taken out from the parking space umakant bendre who runs a shop in vadgaon budruk said the water level has touched the door frame of my shop i had already elevated my shop base after similar experiences in the past we rushed to help people living in lowlying areas vacate their homes some families were shifted to the mahatma phule hall near sun city area hemant jagtap a resident of kudale patil garden on sinhagad road said when i was informed about the rising river we went to the buildings where water enters first we did not hear the announcement made by the civic body apartments like dwarka and