India, Feb. 14 -- In a breather for Punekars, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to end the long-standing practice of mandatory physical ticket collection at its auditoriums, even after booking online. The PMC's cultural department has tied up with a private agency to introduce a fully digital ticketing and entry system across all 16 of its auditoriums, enabling entry via QR code scanning and eliminating the need to stand in queues at ticket counters. Officials said this will be the first time such a digital entry system will be rolled out across PMC-run auditoriums.

Rajesh Kamthe, chief manager of the PMC's cultural department, said that the new facility will be operational from next month and will cover all 16 civic-run a...