The Times of India 05.03.2013
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation plans to construct three new auditoriums for Rs 19cr
PUNE: The entertainment and cultural activities are expected to get a major boost in Pimpri-Chinchwad with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) planning to construct three auditoriums, including one on the lines of Pune's Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, here.
Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pradeshi said the civic administration has made a provision of Rs 19 crore in the draft budget of 2013-14 for the construction of these three
auditoriums, including a provision of Rs 1 crore for the construction of an auditorium on the lines of Pune's Ganesh Kala Krida Manch - the place for which is yet to be decided. He said the remaining two auditoriums will come up at Pimple Gurav and Akurdi.
Explaining the rationale behind these auditoriums, Pardeshi said, "The population of the industrial city has been growing very rapidly in the past three decades
due to rapid urbanization. There is a need for opening more auditoriums in various parts of the city for hosting cultural and social programmes. Many organizations have voiced such demand with the civic authorities. A meeting was held with the representatives of cultural organizations, dancers, musicians and others for finalizing a cultural policy, in which they complained that there was no space available in the city for conducting rehearsals of plays or other programmes."
Earlier, there were only two auditoriums in the city constructed by the civic body, namely Prof Ramkrishna More auditorium in Chinchwad and Acharya Atre auditorium in Pimpri. The civic body opened the third auditorium called the Ankush Landge auditorium in Bhosari along the Pune-Nashik highway around a year back.
"So we will be providing such space in the form of an auditorium to be constructed at Akurdi," he said
Pardeshi admitted that there were some complaints from citizens regarding the shoddy operation of the existing auditoriums. "Steps will be taken to redress these complaints," he said.
"There is a demand for opening an auditorium on the lines of Pune's Ganesh Kala Krida Manch in Pimpri-Chinchwad city for holding cultural and social programmes on a bigger scale.
"The civic body has taken a decision to construct an auditorium in the city which will need a plot with an area of around five acres for the project. It should be located in a populated area and not an industrial area
so let the locals benefit from the project. The PCMC will select one final location where the auditorium will be constructed,'' he said.
Speaking to TOI, director of Atharva Theatre Sanjeevkumar Patil welcomed the proposal of the municipal body to construct an auditorium at Akurdi. He said there is a need for opening small auditoriums in various parts of the city for organizing rehearsals of plays, elocution contests and literary programmes.
Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pradeshi said the civic administration has made a provision of Rs 19 crore in the draft budget of 2013-14 for the construction of these three
auditoriums, including a provision of Rs 1 crore for the construction of an auditorium on the lines of Pune's Ganesh Kala Krida Manch - the place for which is yet to be decided. He said the remaining two auditoriums will come up at Pimple Gurav and Akurdi.
Explaining the rationale behind these auditoriums, Pardeshi said, "The population of the industrial city has been growing very rapidly in the past three decades
due to rapid urbanization. There is a need for opening more auditoriums in various parts of the city for hosting cultural and social programmes. Many organizations have voiced such demand with the civic authorities. A meeting was held with the representatives of cultural organizations, dancers, musicians and others for finalizing a cultural policy, in which they complained that there was no space available in the city for conducting rehearsals of plays or other programmes."
Earlier, there were only two auditoriums in the city constructed by the civic body, namely Prof Ramkrishna More auditorium in Chinchwad and Acharya Atre auditorium in Pimpri. The civic body opened the third auditorium called the Ankush Landge auditorium in Bhosari along the Pune-Nashik highway around a year back.
"So we will be providing such space in the form of an auditorium to be constructed at Akurdi," he said
Pardeshi admitted that there were some complaints from citizens regarding the shoddy operation of the existing auditoriums. "Steps will be taken to redress these complaints," he said.
"There is a demand for opening an auditorium on the lines of Pune's Ganesh Kala Krida Manch in Pimpri-Chinchwad city for holding cultural and social programmes on a bigger scale.
"The civic body has taken a decision to construct an auditorium in the city which will need a plot with an area of around five acres for the project. It should be located in a populated area and not an industrial area
so let the locals benefit from the project. The PCMC will select one final location where the auditorium will be constructed,'' he said.
Speaking to TOI, director of Atharva Theatre Sanjeevkumar Patil welcomed the proposal of the municipal body to construct an auditorium at Akurdi. He said there is a need for opening small auditoriums in various parts of the city for organizing rehearsals of plays, elocution contests and literary programmes.
