The Indian Express 05.12.2013
PMC approves draft DP of Rs 88,000 cr for 30 yrs
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body meeting on
Wednesday approved the draft development plan (DP) of Rs 88,000 crore
for the city. The plan will be implemented over a span of 30 years to
cater to the civic needs of population likely to touch 85 lakh by 2041.
The draft was approved after including a few suggestions by
corporators. The civic body had earlier sought suggestions from citizens
on infrastructure issues related to water supply, sewerage, solid waste
management, storm water drains, city environment, heritage areas and
structures, roads, public transport system, health facilities, education
facilities, institutional arrangement and governance, and poverty
alleviation to be included in the DP to be forwarded to Centre for final
approval.
As per the draft DP, the civic body has proposed projects worth
Rs 3,693 crore for water supply department, Rs 13,629 crore for traffic
department, Rs 698 crore for solid waste management, Rs 695 crore for
disaster management, Rs 2,250 crore for tourism and Rs 18,000 crore for
metro rail, mono rail and sky walk.
