Pune
Pune has for long been facing the problem of unequal distribution of water, with core areas getting more water than the fringe areas.Experts in water management have reiterated the need for metered water supply in the city, which, they feel, will ensure that people pay for the actual amount of water they use. Due to [...] Continue Reading »
The Chakrapani Vasahat, located along the Nashik-Pune highway, is a heavily populated area where migrant workers have constructed houses on plots measuring 500 to 2,000 sq ft. Radhabai Kondiba Devkar, an 80-year-old farmer, said, “Our forefathers had agricultural land in the Bopkhel village. The defence authorities acquired it when the Ammunition Factory of Khadki was [...] Continue Reading »
National Housing Bank (NHB) has taken 2007 realty as a benchmark of the Residex pegged at 100. The figures show how Ahmedabad along with five others cities – Mumbai , Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow and Pune – have bucked the trend of falling prices. Residex (residential index) figures for city areas reveal that the road expansion [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Tuesday announced plans to appoint a consultant for preparing a project report on the Mumbai-Pune expressway tunnel plan between Khopoli and Lonavla. The decision to construct a 11-km-long tunnel, between Khopoli and Lonavla, on the Mumbai-Pune expressway has sparked resentment across the Konkan region. The construction of [...] Continue Reading »
As per a survey conducted by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), there are over 4,000 constructions in the radius of 1,145 meters of Dighi magazine depot near Bhosari. While the area up to 1,145 metres around the depot is a no-development zone, the civic authorities are planning to take action against constructions which are [...] Continue Reading »
Pune’s impressive IT growth, affordable property prices and stable political atmosphere pulling investors to its shores. In fact market analysts from the city say that all corporate firms on expansion mode are now vying for space in Pune as against Hyderabad. Also spelling doom for the once booming sector are cash-rich investors and developers from [...] Continue Reading »
There are a number of large-scale constructions being developed in and around the city Pune and similar works are in the pipeline in other cities as well. Most such projects will impact the ecology of the particular area. Citizens need to be informed about these works at the time the project begins,” Shiv Sena MLC [...] Continue Reading »
The traffic authorities in Pune have said that with the massive increase in the number of vehicles on the roads every year, parking problems are going to increase and that the carriage width of the roads will be reduced if roads are increasingly used to park vehicles. The traffic authorities have also pointed out that [...] Continue Reading »
For redevelopment of old properties in Pune, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) may propose more FSI to tackle congestion in old city areas. The details of the proposal will be incorporated in the revised Development Plan (DP) of the old city. The DP of the old city areas will lay out policies and proposals for development [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Civic panel to study the proposal for 24×7 water supply drafted by BMC. On September 8, 2010, the then municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mahesh Zagade had tabled a proposal submitted by Tata Consultancy Services before the standing committee on how to address the city’s water supply needs. The firm had sought [...] Continue Reading »
