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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Pune flat buyers, support homeowners in Bijali Nagar, Chinchwad

Pimpri Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA) wants to demolish thousands of homes in Bijali Nagar to construct a ring road for you.
Will you be happy to drive on the road that will be built by making thousands of families homeless?
No! Right?
Then support Ghar Bachao Kriti Sangharsh Samiti Pimpri - Chinchwad and defeat monstrous PCNTDA

But these homes in Bijali Nagar are illegal.

How can we support the families who have committed the crime of constructing homes on the land reserved for the ring road?

For the development of the entire city it isn't wrong to demolish illegal constructions.

Why should we feel guilty when we know that the residents of Bijali Nagar are responsible for their tragedy!

Some of you may argue. I know.

Yes! They are responsible!! So are we all!!

True! Constructing homes on the land reserved for a ring road was an irresponsible act. But, certainly, not a crime.

If it is a crime then we all have committed the crime of not preventing the crime.

If it is a crime then we all have committed the crime of encouraging - nurturing - promoting the crime.

In fact, it's time to accept that we all are irresponsible.

We, the citizens of Pune, allow the bureaucrats to play with our lives.

We didn't question PCNTDA & PCMC - Why do you keep on designing the development plan which you are not in a position to implement?

Now, is the time to tell these bureaucrats -

Mister, you better accept that for the last 30 years you have miserably failed to execute the plan of the ring road.

Now, instead of punishing the citizens for your failures - go back to drawing board and come with a new development plan.

You can delete a plan on a computer screen.

You can not delete the lives of thousands of families.

You can redraw a development plan many times.

A lower middle class family takes a lifetime to build a home.

Mister Bureaucrat, you are responsible because though you were in the know - for the last 30 years - you went on collecting normal property tax + 2 times of it as a penalty tax - Shashti Kar - from every home - for years you went on supplying basic urban infrastructure services to these homes in Bijli Nagar - for years you treated them as normal citizens.

Yes! Yes! You did this on humanitarian grounds.

But it doesn't mean that you can be inhuman now.

At your whims & fancy no citizen can be treated as a criminal.
You can not demolish their homes.
You can not destroy the lives of thousands of families.

By the way, it's not only about a couple of thousand homes in Bijali Nagar. It's about approximately 67,000 homes - so called illegal constructions - in Pimpri Chinchwad.

Just imagine what will happen if you demolish all!

If you destroy the lives of so many families - there will be civil unrest in the city.

In short - this is what Mr. Vijaykumar Vasantrao Patil of Ghar Bachao Kriti Sangharsh Samiti Pimpri - Chinchwad told me in his above Marathi video interview.

After talking to him, I remember a typical case frequently reported in the newspapers.

A boy & a girl fall in love. Promising to marry her the boy establishes sexsual relations with the girl. But one day the girl finds out that the boy is marrying some other girl. She gets angry and files police complaint. "What can I do? My parent arranged my marriage with a girl in my community. I don't have an option but to oblige my parents," the boy tells the police. However, the police register the FIR. The judge sentences the boy for sexually exploiting the girl.

Of course, in the case of Bijali Nagar, the bureaucrats themselves are the boy, the police & the judge. That's why a girl is punished. Right?

What say you? Shouldn't we all citizens of Pune unite and protect our fellow citizens?

We are a democracy. We own this city. We should rule it too. Right?

Please, share your views in the comments.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Are Pune Property Buyers Ignorant Fools?

Pune Property Buyers Only Pay for Location & Amenities:

Dr.Shrikar Pardeshi (IAS), Commissioner, PCMC, Awareness Session on PCMC's Green Building Initiative

You know what? Builders in Pune believe that property buyers in Pune are stupid.

While buying a flat Pune property buyers consider only 2 things -
1) Location
2) Amenities.

Property buyers in Pune are ready to pay any rate for 'popular' location - for example Ambegaon, Undri & Wagholi.

Property buyers in Pune are ready to pay any rate if amenities are fancy - like floating club house in Amit Sereno Baner and 1 acre park in West Coast Park Shivane.

So to sell his flats, what any builder has to do is - release big color ads in the newspapers - highlighting location & amenities. Property buyers in Pune start considering you as a big trustworthy builder and assume that your property will appreciate well.

That's all. Environment friendly - green building is not USP in Pune real estate! Who bothers about a 'green building'? The builder, representative of Credai Pune Metro, asked.

When Pune property buyers are not aware about the importance of green building and are not ready to pay more for it - how can a builder construct an environment-friendly 'green building'? The builder asked.

Instead of conducting "Awareness Session on PCMC's Green Building Initiative", Dr.Shrikar Pardeshi (IAS), Commissioner, PCMC, should make "GRIHA Certification" mandatory - compulsory in PCMC. The builder said.

Otherwise, as the Commissioner said, these ignorant property buyers - will start repenting when - in the next few years - the population of PCMC will become 45 lakhs. The builder said.

What say you? Do you only decide on location & amenities? Environment friendly green building doesn't mean anything to you? Aren't you aware about importance & benefits of buying "GRIHA Registered Property" in PCMC? Please, share your views in the comments.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Existing as well as new buildings in Pimpri Chinchwad will have to sign an annual maintenance contract for fire safety

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation revises fire-safety norms for buildings, existing as well as new

PCMC fire brigade chief Kiran Gawde said the annual maintenance contract will have to be signed with authorized licensing agencies.

“The process of finalizing the licensing agencies is in the final stages. We expect both commercial and residential buildings to sign fire safety contracts with these agencies.

As for norms for 70-metre tall buildings, Gawde said such buildings will have to set up “refuge” rooms where people can take shelter in case of a fire breakout.

“A refuge room will have to be the size of one flat. In 70 metre tall buildings, there should be two refuge rooms,” Gawde said. Read More

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Economically Weaker Sections of Pimpri Chinchwad could have to pay more to buy houses

Land acquisition and land cost!

PCMC may not be able to provide houses at concessional rates

Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM), the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has planned a Rs500 crore project, under which it would provide houses to EWS. Each of the dwellings would be of 550 square feet and will cost Rs1.5 lakh.

"But the civic body is facing hurdles in acquiring the land for the project at different places. At some places, the cost of the land is high and it would not be possible for the PCMC to sell houses for Rs1.5 lakh,'' maintained sources in PCMC.

According to PCMC officials, the objective of the project is to provide shelter to EWS under the housing scheme to the urban poor at concessional rates. It has planned to construct 13,250 houses. Read More:

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Pavana-Nigdi pipeline project hits roadblock

Project-Affected Villagers Oppose Land Acquisition:

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) ambitious pipeline project from Pavana dam to Nigdi has hit a roadblock with several project-effected villagers opposing land acquisition work.

The bhoomipoojan of the 398.3 crore project was done on May 1, 2008, and it was to be completed in two years. A belt of 6.4 kilometre, out of the 36 kilometre pipeline, will pass through municipal limits, at Ravet, Mamurdi and Kiwale villages, of which work on 4.6 kilometre has been completed.

The PCMC had earlier planned to lay the pipeline along the expressway and had sought permission of the state government for the purpose. Land in possession of the state government was also sought as it would have reduced the need for land acquisition from farmers in Maval taluka. Sharma said, “The expressway authorities have conveyed to us that they need the land along the expressway for future development so we will not get that land.”

The PCMC was to get some land from irrigation department near the Pavana dam. Ambadas Chavan, additional city engineer, said, “The land belongs to the irrigation department and we are yet to start work on the pipeline scheme there.”

The water of Pavana river gets polluted on its way from Pavana dam to Ravet as it passes through the towns of Talegaon, Dehu Road and others. The PCMC has to spend a lot of money on purifying this polluted water. As a result, it decided to bring pure water of the Pavana dam to Nigdi through an enclosed pipeline. The Times of India

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PCMC disconnects the water connections of 26 housing societies, after the residents failed to clear their water bills

The water supply department of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has appealed to consumers to pay their dues as soon as possible.

Consumers can pay their water bills at the 14 divisional offices of the property tax department as well as the four zonal offices between 10 am and 4 pm.

The offices are open on all working days and holidays.

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Corporators join hands to oppose tax hike proposal to be tabled in the general body meeting of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation on Saturday

Opposition parties including the Congress, BJP and Shiv Sena are making appeals to people to make their displeasure known to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators.

The opposition fears that the NCP, which has a stranglehold over the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) with 70 corporators in a house of 105, would pass the proposal.

Opposition party corporators alleged that the NCP and Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar were taking citizens for granted.

They said no tax hike proposal would be passed in the general body meeting on Saturday without any discussion.

It is likely that the tax hike proposal would be passed by the NCP , which would not need the support of opposition parties in passing the bill.

A total of 20 corporators from the Congress, 11 from the BJP and 5 Shiv Sena corporators have announced that they would vote against the tax hike proposal.

Shiv Sena party leader Sulbha Ubale, BJP leader Ashok Sonawane and Congress corporators Machindra Tapkir held a press conference on Wednesday to clear their parties' stand on the issue.

Ubale said, "People are already burdened by the rising prices of essential commodities. At this juncture, it would not be wise to increase taxes.
Instead of burdening the residents of the city with additional taxes, the municipal corporation should spend money prudently."

Ubale said it is the responsibility of residents, social activists, women self-help groups to bring pressure upon the corporators representing their ward and bring pressure on them not vote in support of the hike.

To read more, please, visit Indian Expres

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans hefty fines for water tax evaders

Pay up to 10 times the amount of your water bill!

Now, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is planning to levy a fine from residents who oppose the installation of meters and
also from those who fail to pay their dues.

PCMC officials have appealed to citizens to approach the ward offices concerned if they have any complaint regarding water bills.

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Friday, January 29, 2010

Now, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation to hike taxes up to 15%

Municipal Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Asheesh Sharma, to explain hike in property, entertainment, cleanliness, fire brigade, education, water and tree tax in coming week.

Municipal Commissioner says:

The proposal of increase in taxes is such that they would be increased only by 5 - 6 per cent.

Less than ten per cent of the population, which falls into the higher income bracket, would have to bear a 15 per cent increase in taxes.

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has already proposed 22% hike in property tax.

To read more, please, visit Corporators fume, PCMC postpones tax hike proposal

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If you want good people in politics, politicians should be paid good salaries - BJP corporator Vikas Matkari

Do you agree with Vikas Matkari?

Do you think that by paying a salary of Rs 7,500 per month we are compelling over 249 corporators in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporations to be corrupt?

Look at what Mr. Matkari says:

One cannot expect a public representative to be not corrupt when his salary cannot cover his office expenses.

In fact, in the PMC class IV staff gets more salary than the corporators. By paying measly salaries to public representatives, you are compelling them to be corrupt.

The corporator is the only public representative who is accessible to the people on a day-to-day basis.

But the corporators cannot even hold a small programme, get-together or even put up a hoarding with the salary they get.

To read more, please, visit Corporators aren’t happy with salary hike

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

PCMC citizens protest against the bad condition of the roads at Chapekar junction

Over 100 citizens gathered at Chapekar junction in Chinchwad on Monday afternoon to protest against the bad condition of the roads here.

The angry crowd said on Monday morning, about six people were injured in different accidents at the pothole-ridden junction. Seven roads converge at Chapekar junction, making it one of the busiest roads in Pimpri-Chinchwad.

To read more, please, visit Express India

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Soon, no property tax for defense personnel

Pune is set to strengthen its tag of a haven for defense personnel with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) making progress in a move to exempt them from property tax.

The PCMC general body passed a resolution in this regard on December 23 and in September, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had passed such a resolution that is waiting for the final nod.

To read more, please, visit Indian Express

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Monday, December 21, 2009

All's not well between PCMC, CME

All is not well between the defence authorities and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) regarding the transfer of defense land for various civic projects

. This became evident last Wednesday when the College of Military Engineering (CME) blocked vehicular traffic on one stretch of service road of the Pune-Mumbai highway in Phugewadi by dumping construction material on the road on Wednesday night.

Dapodi to Nigadi BRTS:

View The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in a larger map

The PCMC has recently completed the road-widening work of the 11-km stretch from Nigdi to Phugewadi. The road stretch has eight lanes and is 61 metre wide. For widening another one km road stretch from Phugewadi to Dapodi, where the PCMC limits end, the municipal corporation has sought land from the CME.

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Now, a library for researchers from Pimpri-Chinchwad

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is setting up a reference library at Kasarwadi called the Pimpri-Chinchwad Research Institute (PCRI) which will be an invaluable help to researchers in archaeology and Indology.

P R Ahirrao, who will act as honorary secretary of the library, himself is a researcher who has written books on archaeology and Indology. Speaking to TOI, Ahirrao said, "I have a personal collection of 15,000 books at my home. I have been following the subject of getting space from the PCMC for a reference library for the past 10 years. Now, the administration has allotted 4,000 sq.ft space in the building housing the property tax department."

"I had to go to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, the Deccan College and the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune to conduct research. I wanted to have a reference facility to researchers from Pimpri-Chinchwad in the township itself," said Ahirrao, explaining the reason for setting up the library.

"The facility has a seating capacity of 10 at a time for referring to old books. There will be an auditorium with a capacity to seat 100 people where lectures and presentations on archaeology and Indology will be held. Private organisations or people can also organise lectures and presentations here," said Ahirrao

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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PCNTDA, PCMC to conduct anti-encroachment drive

The Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA) and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will conduct a joint anti-encroachment drive to remove encroachments in the twin-township.

Vast tracts of land in Kalewadi, Thergaon, Chinchwad, Wakad and other villages were acquired by the PCNTDA. As the PCNTDA did not develop all the land immediately, a few farmers sold parts of these lands to migrants who constructed houses on the land.

Meanwhile, a meeting of the PCNTDA was held recently when approval was granted for submitting tax return and revenue documents of 2008-09 to the state government. Approval was granted to the work of widening the road to 23 metre in Sector 30, 32A and 33, installing streetlights along the Spine road, electrification works in various sectors of the PCNTDA and mechanised cleaning of toilets and premises of the PCNTDA office.

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

PCMC gets go-ahead for intelligent traffic management system

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received permission from the World Bank to use part of its Rs 210-crore loan to set up an intelligent traffic management system (ITMS).

The ITMS will help people find the latest location of any Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) bus on a particular route. "A Global Positioning System (GPS) will be installed in all the new buses which will enable us to monitor the movement of buses," Ashish Sharma, municipal commissioner said.

"The passenger information system will include putting up electronic display boards at bus stops so that people know the exact location of the bus, the routes taken and the time at which the bus will reach the destination," said Sharma

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Civic budget: PCMC invites suggestions from citizens

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has invited suggestions from citizens about projects to be included in the municipal budget early next year.

Municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma has appealed to citizens to send their suggestions regarding projects that needed to be taken up in their respective areas to the zonal offices concerned till November 13.

Preparations for the PCMC annual budget for 2010-11 is in progress. Sharma stressed on the importance of public participation during the planning of the budget and said that a decision has been taken by all zonal committees that projects suggested by the citizens will be considered for inclusion in the budget.

Citizens are requested to suggest developmental projects they want to be implemented in their wards or zones. The zonal officer and the executive engineer will verify the suggestions and the projects and if it is found reasonable, it will be included in the municipal budget.

The PCMC has made available suggestion forms at all zonal offices free of cost. The forms will be accepted at the zonal offices till 5 pm on November 13.

For the civic budget for 2007-08, 18 citizens had sent their suggestions.

In 2008-09, there were 34 citizen suggestions.

In 2009-10, 66 citizens voiced their suggestions.

For the coming budget, the zonal offices have so far received 139 suggestions.

The Times of India

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PCMC residents to receive first-ever water meter bills soon

If you live within the PCMC limits, be prepared to receive the water tax bills for the last six months in a week's time.

This is the first time the civic body will send water tax bills to households based on the water meter readings.

Speaking to TOI on Thursday, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma said, "We have to follow volumetric tariff method to implement equitable water distribution system. In volumetric tariff, we charge the consumer for the amount of water he uses. Water meters have been installed to gauge the amount of water being used by an individual household, and charge the tariff accordingly."

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) initiated the drive to install water meters under the Union government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme in November 2006.

Pravin Tupe, joint city engineer, PCMC, said, "The PCMC has installed water meters for at least 95 per cent of the population. Only a few new buildings which are constructed recently or are in the final stages of construction do not have the meters. It is compulsory for all homes to get water meters installed."

In all, the PCMC has installed 1.10 lakh meters within the municipal limits.

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Bridge connecting Pimpri-gaon with Tapkirnagar in Kalewadi opens 5 years after its completion

The bridge on the river Pavana in Pimpri, which was lying unused for the past five years, has finally been opened to vehicular traffic.

The construction work was completed by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in October 2004.

However, due to the lack of approach road at one end of the bridge had rendered the structure useless for all these years.

To read more, please, vsiit The Times of India

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MIDC agrees to transfer plots to PCMC

Free of cost!

The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has agreed to transfer, free of cost, reserved land (in the Development Plan) to the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for various public amenities (in MIDC areas.)

MIDC wanted to give the plots to the PCMC at commercial rates.

To read more, please, visit The Times of India

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation revises fire-safety norms for buildings, existing as well as new

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Land acquisition and land cost!

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

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