Fully Fencing a nala is the first requirement, and most costly.

Half-round pipe for Nala training is inexpensive and effective

… but freak floods can wash off the unpaved side gardens

Nala-training with Stone Pitching protects plantings during floods

Manholes are repaired for sewage to run below Karve Rd garden strip

Pune Horti Supt Khaire needs temporary watchman cabin at entrance initially

Watchman uses portable pump to water garden with the nala waste-water

A settling pool helps clean smelly water at start of Kondwa nala garden

Turbulent flow in rocky nala-bed aerates the water and reduces smell

Nala-bed grasses are encouraged, but man-hole cleaning is done regularly.

Over-Bridge to Slum is fenced so residents can cross with dry feet.

Tall chain-link fence on over-bridge keeps garbage out of nala garden.

Debris in nala was used as soling for paths, then covered with soil

1-km long winding walk-ways lead to cuddapah-stone crossings

Quick-growing 6-month-old poplars hide the nala fencing

Ornamental grasses are cheap and easy to maintain

Creepers conceal the stone embankments of steep nalas

Open seating invites public activities in nala garden

Lt Col Suresh Patil of Green Thumb Nursery planted bajra to attract birds

PCMC has transformed a stinking quarry to a scenic lake

Slums are fenced but undisturbed

Toilets are provided to the slums

Waste-water inflow channel to the quarry was cleaned up and concreted

Canna plants where waste-water enters quarry help in initial cleaning.

Creepers beautify the rocky walls.

Rock ‘islands’ in quarry lake will be developed for recreation

PCMC is making a jogging track around a once-neglected pond