Tag: Pune Municipal Corporation

Residential

Pune civic body pushes to relocate tenants of dilapidated wadas

Representative Image PUNE: The civic body is contemplating compulsory relocation of tenants living in dilapidated wadas to prevent human casualties or injuries caused by mishaps during the monsoon. Residents of structures found dangerous will be shifted to safer places during the rainy season and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will make necessary arrangements for the move. Civic data identifies 116 structures as very dangerous and the process to demolish them is underway. However, 21 of the said properties are occupied and residents are unwilling to relocate. Mishaps, if any, could lead to injuries or other serious issues. Resident of a wada…

Residential

Pune residents of shaky wadas bear with risks, miss out on tenancy certificates

PUNE: Chandrakant Kandhare (50), an auto-rickshaw driver, has been living at Mote Wada, a crumbling building near Shaniwarwada, for as long as he could remember. He is the fourth generation of the family living at the 200-year-old wada. The same is the case with his neighbours — Kabules and Ghags — who have been staying as tenants at the wada for more than 120 years. They have not heard about the tenancy certificates offered by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to occupants of dilapidated wadas. The initiative by PMC assures rights of tenants of dilapidated wadas. Doubts over its utility, legal…