Indian Express 28.08.2009
Speed up development works under JNNURM, Zagade tells staff
Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagde on Thursday directed the civic staff to speed up the development work being carried out under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), so that new proposals could be sent to the union government for approval.
“There are various development works of roads, sewage treatment and drinking water that are being executed under JNNURM. The departments have been asked to speed up the work and deadlines have been set for completion of each project,” Zagade told reporters.
He said that the departments have been asked to prepare detailed proposals for new development projects that can be executed in the city for upgrading the infrastructure. “Once 90 per cent work of the existing projects are complete, the new proposals would be pushed for the approval from union government,” Zagade said.
The slum rehabilitation projects under Basic Services of Urban Poor (BSUP) are also being executed by the PMC under JNNURM. “There are problems in executing the projects owing to lack of sufficient area. Thus, the department concerned has been asked to explore possibilities in which the objective of the projects is achieved in the available land,” Zagade said.
In the review meeting on development works, he said the work on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) was to be speeded up, as there had been delay in completion of the works. The PMC is yet to complete the development work on the pilot BRTS project from
Hadapsar to Swargate and Swargate to Katraj. Though, the development work on various other roads is under progress the BRTS service is yet to be introduced on these roads. All the departments concerned have also been asked to get rid of hurdles by taking up discussions with other agencies.
