The Indian Express   24.08.2012

PMC to speed up process to approve DP plan for city

WITH the state government sending a reminder on publishing the draft development (DP) plan for the city by April next year, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has speeded up the process of giving nod to the draft in city improvement committee and is likely to table it in the special general body meeting.

“We would soon approve the draft development plan for the city and table in general body,” said Chetan Tupe, chairperson of city improvement committee.

Many elected representatives want to propose changes in the draft, he said adding, “The committee would take a decision on the proposed changes while finalising the draft.”

Meanwhile, the state government had informed the PMC that it was suppose to publish the draft DP by December 2009. The PMC got an extension for it and made its intention on April 5, 2011. As per the MRTP Act, the local civic body has to publish the DP within two years from the declaration of its intention and accordingly the PMC should do it by April 4, 2013.

“If the PMC fails to publish DP by 2013 then the state government would appoint deputy director town planning for doing the responsibility of preparing DP,” it said.