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Traveling around Pune, an ancient and populated city. The significant

area of Pune along the Mutha River is Karve Nagar, where Dr. D. K.
Karve pioneered women’s education and built a women’s university
(SNDT). Before meeting Mula under the Sangam Bridge, Mutha
first encounters Mula in the peaceful neighbourhood of Deccan

Gymkhana. Following its confluence, it continues as the Mula-
Mutha River. One of the most filthy rivers, it gets raw sewage and
trash over its whole course in Pune City.

Through closed pipelines, Pune draws roughly 1000 MLD of water

for consumption from the Mutha River and dumps about 750 MLD
of its sewage into the Mula River.

THE MULA-MUTHA RIVER

After converging under the Sangam Bridge, the Mula and Mutha

rivers continue through Pune. The Bund Garden, constructed by
Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, one of the longest-serving members
of the Bombay Stock Exchange, functioned as a source of irrigation
water for the underprivileged along the Mula-Mula river stretch in

Pune.

Offering something for everyone, Bund Garden is a go-to destination
for people seeking a serene, picturesque setting near Mother Nature
that promotes relaxation, renewal, and re-energization. One of

Pune’s more renowned addresses is Koregaon Park, which is a
neighbourhood south of the Mula-Mutha River.

A foundry and a factory for handmade paper may be found in
Mundhwa, a historic industrial district. The upcoming residential

towns are Ghorpadi and Kharadi.

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