The Times of India          17.02.2014

PCMC moots separate cell for riverfront development

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will set up a cell to develop the riverfront areas. Municipal commissioner Rajeev Jadhav said the civic body will clean up and beautify the areas around Pavana, Indrayani and Mula rivers.

"The civic administration has already prepared a Pavana river development plan and sent it to the union government for approval. We will begin the development in the new fiscal by undertaking small portions of the plan which do not need much funds and can be completed by us," he said.

The civic body will landscape the rivers' banks. "We will study the bunds and conditions around them before considering the proposal to start boating," Jadhav said.

Six arterial roads will be developed as model roads. Jadhav said, "These roads are 45m wide.

They are Pune-Mumbai highway, Spine Road, and the three Bus Rapid Transit System routes in Sangvi-Kiwale, Nashik phata-Wakad and Kalewadi phata-Dehu Alandi." The engineering and garden departments have been told to develop these roads.