Maharashtra Approves Pune Civic Body’s Draft Plan for Merged Areas
PUNE: Nearly eight years after its declaration, the draft development plan for the merged areas under Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been approved by the state government. The notification, published on Friday, invites public suggestions and objections for the next 60 days. Civic officials stated that under Section 23(1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, PMC expressed its intention to prepare a draft development plan on June 28, 2018. The proposal to merge 34 villages was ratified by PMC in 2013-14, with eleven areas incorporated into its jurisdiction in 2017. Among these, nine were partially merged, while…