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Pune allocates ₹954 crore for merged village development

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed an allocation of approximately Rs 954 crore for the newly merged areas in its draft budget for 2026-27. This will be the first municipal budget since the recent elections of corporators from these regions, responding to urgent calls from residents and representatives to enhance infrastructure development. The budget, crafted by PMC Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram, is heavily reliant on expected revenue from building permissions and property taxes in these suburban areas. “We anticipate a significant revenue boost from building permits as development accelerates in these regions. Additionally, the PMC is expecting funding…

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Pune Civic Properties at Risk Due to No GPS Mapping

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s plan to map its 3,000 properties via GPS to protect them from encroachment remains unfinished even after five years. The initiative was launched in 2021-22, prompted by the discovery that a municipal community hall was being misused for weddings by a former corporator. A contractor was subsequently hired to execute the project, but activists report that it appears to have stalled. Vijay Kumbhar from Surajya Sangharsh Samiti, a citizens’ group, remarked, “The project has not delivered the desired results and seems to have been sidelined, especially as the civic body is initiating another round of…