The Times of India 25.04.2013
PCMC to identify plots for parking
Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said the civic body will
develop them as pilot projects. “The town planning department has been
directed to find reserved plots in the development plan (DP) where the
parking lots can come up. The department has also been asked to identify
large plots for multi-level parking in the city.”
The civic
chief said a plot admeasuring 6,000 sqft in Chinchwad could be provided
to the traffic police department for their office. A civic official from
the traffic department said that 20 years ago, there were 30,000
vehicles in the city. Now, the vehicular population has increased to
around three lakh. Hence, more parking space was needed, he added.
R R Bhogale, assistant commissioner of police (traffic) for Pimpri
Chinchwad, said, “The traffic police have demanded land for offices for
six divisional police chowkeys in Pimpri, Chinchwad, Bhosari, Sangvi,
Nigdi, and Hinjewadi. The existing offices are small. The traffic police
have also made a demand for provision of land in Kalakhadak area of
Wakad under Hinjewadi traffic police.”
An official in the town planning department said five locations have
been identified for traffic offices. These will be inspected by the
municipal commissioner and chief of town planning department and then a
final decision will be taken
In February, deputy chief minister
Ajit Pawar had directed civic bodies to provide land for offices of
traffic divisions and sub-divisions and sought special drives to remove
hawkers and other encroachments causing traffic congestion in Pune and
Pimpri Chinchwad.