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Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been asked by the state government to speed up the metro project work. Earlier, Union government had asked the civic body to expedite the work. The civic body has been asked by the state govt to register the special purpose vehicle (SPV) with immediate effect and submit the proposal of [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to give faster clearance of building plans of properties in Pune from this year onwards. According to the budget presented by the civic body, PMC expects about 4,000 building permission proposals this year which will fetch a revenue of Rs 699 crore. Compared to last year, where only 1,872 proposals were [...] Continue Reading »
The draft civic budget which was presented recently with an 8% hike in property tax in Pune for 2013-14 has been opposed by a citizen group in the city. Sajag Nagrik Manch, a citizen group, has opposed the said hike in property tax for properties in Pune. However, the municipal commissioner wants the hike to [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation has recently approved the development plan (DP) for old city areas which was in draft mode for long. The general body of the municipal corporation approved the same after12 hours of discussion and speeches by 53 corporators. It was approved after three long months of getting it. At the end of discussion, [...] Continue Reading »
With the increasing population, there has been an increase in garbage from every area in Pune. So, to keep this in check, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to increase the number of garbage processing units across the city. With the existing mechanism, PMC is able to process 70% of the city’s garbage and [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation has recently demolished illegal constructions in the city spread across 2095 sqft area in Kondhwa Khurd. This initiative was taken after a three storey illegal building collapsed in the last week of September last year killing 11 people. The building was built in low water zone area where only 0.33 floor space [...] Continue Reading »
Recently, the decision that had been taken to hike Pune property tax by 8 percent has been postponed by the standing committee of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Baburao Chandere, chairman of the standing committee of PMC has stated that still more discussions and a special meeting are needed to come up with a plan. The [...] Continue Reading »
The number of illegal construction is increasing all over the country. After the civic body finished with the demolition drive in Parvati and Dattawadi, now Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started with a demolition drive in Kondhwa and Wanowrie where unauthorized constructions are spread over 5,850 sqft. As many as 13 hotels extended front and side margins, totally measuring [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is to develop a garden based on the Hollyword movie ‘Avatar‘ in Sahakarnagar. The civic body has appointed Mr Nitin Chandrakant Desai, a famous art director to work on the project. The project includes erecting life-size statues of characters from the science-fiction movie. Six life-size statues will be erected in [...] Continue Reading »
The civic body has appointed two agencies to conduct the tree census work. The first agency left the work incomplete and the second agency has counted 3 lakh trees of more than 200 species in the city’s jurisdiction. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has asked the civic administration to complete the ongoing tree census within [...] Continue Reading »
