The Times of India 05.03.2013
Police department owes Rs 38L to Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
PUNE: The police
department owes Rs 38.15 lakh in rental arrears to the Pimpri Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation (PCMC). The civic body has given its properties to
the police department on rent for the offices of the deputy
commissioner of police (DCP), police stations and police chowkies.
The information was revealed by the municipal corporation on an RTI application filed by MNS leader Raju Savale.
The PCMC has leased out its properties for the office of deputy commissioner of police (DCP) crime branch unit III and DCP zone III. The traffic police chowkies of Pimpri and Nigdi operate from the tenements of the Meghaji Lokhande Kamgar Bhavan, which is owned by the municipal corporation. Similarly, civic properties have been given to Charholi and Bhosari police chowkies and the Kasarwadi traffic police chowkey.
However, no rental agreement has been signed between the municipal corporation and the police for the three police chowkies at Charholi, Bhosari and Kasarwadi. The Sangvi police station operates from 12 shops reserved for vegetable market at Sai chowk. The Sangvi police chowkey operates from two rooms of watchmen quarters located inside the Dinosaur garden at Pimple Gurav.
The police department owes rental arrears totaling Rs 17.68 lakh for the properties rented to the Sangvi police station and the chowkey. Savale has asked the municipal corporation to recover the dues from the police department.
Additional PCMC commissioner Prakash Kadam said, "The police department provides bandobast to the anti-encroachment squads for which the civic body has to pay them. The police department owes money to the PCMC as well. So discussions are on with the officials of the Pune police commissioner office to adjust the rental arrears of the police with the amount that needs to be paid by the PCMC for the bandobast it has provided so far."
The information was revealed by the municipal corporation on an RTI application filed by MNS leader Raju Savale.
The PCMC has leased out its properties for the office of deputy commissioner of police (DCP) crime branch unit III and DCP zone III. The traffic police chowkies of Pimpri and Nigdi operate from the tenements of the Meghaji Lokhande Kamgar Bhavan, which is owned by the municipal corporation. Similarly, civic properties have been given to Charholi and Bhosari police chowkies and the Kasarwadi traffic police chowkey.
However, no rental agreement has been signed between the municipal corporation and the police for the three police chowkies at Charholi, Bhosari and Kasarwadi. The Sangvi police station operates from 12 shops reserved for vegetable market at Sai chowk. The Sangvi police chowkey operates from two rooms of watchmen quarters located inside the Dinosaur garden at Pimple Gurav.
The police department owes rental arrears totaling Rs 17.68 lakh for the properties rented to the Sangvi police station and the chowkey. Savale has asked the municipal corporation to recover the dues from the police department.
Additional PCMC commissioner Prakash Kadam said, "The police department provides bandobast to the anti-encroachment squads for which the civic body has to pay them. The police department owes money to the PCMC as well. So discussions are on with the officials of the Pune police commissioner office to adjust the rental arrears of the police with the amount that needs to be paid by the PCMC for the bandobast it has provided so far."
