PUNE: Town planning (TP) schemes announced by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for Uruli Devachi-Phursungi areas are in a grey area.
A senior PMC official said, “The planning authority for these areas has changed. Now, the PMC will not be able to plan the project. It will be handed over to the new local self-governing body.”
The civic body commenced work on over 600 hectares last year and civic officials said it was a significant development as it was the first TP scheme in close to four decades launched by PMC which pioneered the concept in the country.
Phursungi citizen Ulhas Shewale said the TP scheme was a key project for both areas and could have gathered pace if they would have been in PMC limits.
Sanjay Harpale, another resident, said that the new administration will find it difficult to run the project. “Getting funds for this initiative will be tough for the new local self-governing body. The council will have limited infrastructure, manpower, and expertise for developing the TP scheme. It will hamper the future of the scheme,” he said.
Urban planners said the TP schemes are necessary considering the rapid urbanisation of the civic areas. “The TP projects are usually successful and can be easily implemented and face minimum opposition from citizens. Dissent is less as landowners do not lose the total land. More and more such projects should be carried out in Pune,” senior town planner Ramchandra Gohad said.
Phursungi and Uruli Devachi, located on Pune-Saswad Road beyond Hadapsar, got a separate municipal council years after a demerger demand. The state govt on Wednesday issued a final notification to exclude these areas from PMC limits, and to constitute a separate joint Phursungi-Uruli Devachi Municipal Council.
The two areas were part of the 11 villages merged with PMC limits in 2017. Earlier, govt had invited views on the demerger proposal and the decision was announced but it excluded the garbage depot which will remain with PMC.
A TP scheme ensures multiple benefits like creating infrastructure like drainage systems, sewage systems, roads, water supply lines, gardens, schools, and public hospitals
During the British era, initiatives to implement TP schemes began as early as 1915 in Pune. The city has eight of them coming up between 1939 and 1989 in Deccan, Gultekdi, Parvati, Sangamwadi, Mangalwar Peth, and Hadapsar Industrial Estate area. However, the schemes stopped in the last three to four decades
As per PMC data, a total of around 608.95 hectares was up for development which included two schemes in Phursungi of 260.67 hectares and 238.50 hectares and one at Uruli Devachi of 109.78 hectares
Pune: Town planning (TP) schemes announced by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for Uruli Devachi-Phursungi areas are in a grey area.
A senior PMC official said, “The planning authority for these areas has changed. Now, the PMC will not be able to plan the project. It will be handed over to the new local self-governing body.”
The civic body commenced work on over 600 hectares last year and civic officials said it was a significant development as it was the first TP scheme in close to four decades launched by PMC which pioneered the concept in the country.
Phursungi citizen Ulhas Shewale said the TP scheme was a key project for both areas and could have gathered pace if they would have been in PMC limits.
Sanjay Harpale, another resident, said that the new administration will find it difficult to run the project. “Getting funds for this initiative will be tough for the new local self-governing body. The council will have limited infrastructure, manpower, and expertise for developing the TP scheme. It will hamper the future of the scheme,” he said.
Urban planners said the TP schemes are necessary considering the rapid urbanisation of the civic areas. “The TP projects are usually successful and can be easily implemented and face minimum opposition from citizens. Dissent is less as landowners do not lose the total land. More and more such projects should be carried out in Pune,” senior town planner Ramchandra Gohad said.
Phursungi and Uruli Devachi, located on Pune-Saswad Road beyond Hadapsar, got a separate municipal council years after a demerger demand. The state govt on Wednesday issued a final notification to exclude these areas from PMC limits, and to constitute a separate joint Phursungi-Uruli Devachi Municipal Council.
The two areas were part of the 11 villages merged with PMC limits in 2017. Earlier, govt had invited views on the demerger proposal and the decision was announced but it excluded the garbage depot which will remain with PMC.
A TP scheme ensures multiple benefits like creating infrastructure like drainage systems, sewage systems, roads, water supply lines, gardens, schools, and public hospitals
During the British era, initiatives to implement TP schemes began as early as 1915 in Pune. The city has eight of them coming up between 1939 and 1989 in Deccan, Gultekdi, Parvati, Sangamwadi, Mangalwar Peth, and Hadapsar Industrial Estate area. However, the schemes stopped in the last three to four decades
As per PMC data, a total of around 608.95 hectares was up for development which included two schemes in Phursungi of 260.67 hectares and 238.50 hectares and one at Uruli Devachi of 109.78 hectares
