PUNE: The draft development plan for the proposed Mhalunge town planning scheme is expected to be cleared shortly following the completion of hearings on suggestions and objections to the scheme last week. Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) commissioner Kiran Gitte said that the hearings have been completed and necessary changes incorporated wherever it hasContinue reading

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PUNE: The district administration would execute 12 highway projects stretching over 800km and requiring nearly 1,500 hectares of land within the next three months. Pune district collector Naval Kishore Ram told TOI that several projects were pending for land acquisition and that the highway projects would be rolled out in the first phase. The district-wise progress of expansion (four-Continue reading

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Under criticism over its failure to protect rivers, the Maharashtra Irrigation Department on Thursday amended its guidelines on development in the restrictive zone of rivers. The guidelines allow construction on land between the blue line and red line of rivers for public purposes, like roads, while putting the onus for the loss of life orContinue reading

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Pune: State settlement commissioner S Chockalingam has set a deadline of three months for the five districts, including Pune, to release 7/12 extracts with digital signatures online. The other districts are: Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri. “All these districts have less than 70% updation and the target has been set so that all these districtsContinue reading

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PUNE: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority(MahaRERA) will adopt a stringent monitoring system to ensure that 88% of the 16,300 projects registered with it are completed by 2022. MahaRERA secretary Vasant Prabhu shared this information with TOI on Monday, a day before the authority completes one-year of implementation. “After registering with MahaRERA, officials can monitor the completion ofContinue reading

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The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has sought assistant from a Singapore government-run company to prepare the development plan (DP) for the city. In a meeting which took place on Friday, Girish Bapat, Pune’s guardian minister along with Kiran Gite, CEO of PMRDA and other officials met a delegation from the Singapore government-run company.Continue reading

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Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) will install 130 more closed-circuit television cameras, mostly at newly constructed as well as old schools, hospitals and other public places within its jurisdiction for security purpose. PCB’s chief executive officer D N Yadav said, “Our plan is to install cameras at new institutions like Ghorpadi Schooland other establishments like crematorium besides,Continue reading

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