The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation had received the land on a
99-year-sub-lease in 1978. The civic body divided it into 180 plots and
allotted them to transporters. Several transport operators from across
the city shifted here because parking trucks on roads was affecting
movement of vehicles in city areas. Thus it came to be known as
transport nagari.

The transporters had paid Rs 4.15 crore to the
municipal corporation against the plots. As per an agreement reached
earlier between the two civic bodies, the PCNTDA had claim over 50% of
this revenue. The PCNTDA, last month, sent a letter to the municipal
corporation. A meeting was also held between officials of both civic
institutions last month where the municipal commissioner agreed to
PCNTDA’s demand. A tri-partite agreement will soon be signed among PCMC, PCNTDA and the plot holder.

PCMC’s land and estate officer Subhash Machare said, “The civic
administration has forwarded the proposal to the standing committee.
After its approval, the administration will pay the money to PCNTDA.”