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52% of Pune Housing Societies Don’t Have Legal Land Ownership

PUNE: Over half of the cooperative housing societies in the city lack legal ownership of the land they occupy, a significant issue that hinders redevelopment and restricts property rights. According to the state cooperative department, 52%—or 11,956 out of 22,955 registered societies—have not received their conveyance or deemed conveyance deeds. A conveyance deed is the conclusive legal document that transfers land ownership from the developer to the housing society. Without it, these societies cannot update land records, assert complete ownership rights, or start redevelopment projects—an increasingly urgent need for aging buildings in the area. Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi has…

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Consent Secured for 50% of Land for New Purandar Airport

Representative AI image PUNE: The district administration has received letters from nearly half of the farmers whose land is designated for the proposed Purandar airport, just a week into the process. District Collector Jitendra Dudi stated that approximately 1,450 acres out of the revised airport area of 3,000 acres (1,285 hectares) have been approved for acquisition by farmers. “We have consent letters from nearly half of the farmers in the seven impacted villages,” Dudi remarked. Farmers from Pargaon, where most of the land is situated, previously protested vehemently against the project. Officials overseeing land acquisition confirmed that over 1,000 farmers…