The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company has formally scrapped the choice to arrange a rubbish depot in Punalwale. The civic physique lately revealed the event plan for Pimpri-Chinchwad, whereby it has dropped the rubbish depot from the identical, the officers stated.
In 2008, the PCMC had reserved 22 hectares of land at survey quantity 24 in Punawale. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
In 2008, the PCMC had reserved 22 hectares of land at survey quantity 24 in Punawale. The civic physique, in alternate for the land, had paid ₹3.5 crore to the forest division and promised to offer different land elsewhere. Nevertheless, with no efforts from PCMC to accumulate this land previously 15 years, a number of residential tasks, colleges, and schools have come up within the neighborhood of the proposed mission.
After the civic physique began actions in 2023 to arrange the tremendous administrative complicated cum conference centre cum rubbish depot in Punawale, which was opposed by native residents.
In response to the residents, because of the presence of Hinjawadi IT Park close by, Punawale and surrounding areas have witnessed fast development, and a majority of IT professionals have settled right here. The inhabitants of the world across the proposed web site elevated as much as 1 lakh from round 10,000 in 2008, the residents stated.
Moreover, former BJP MLA Ashwini Jagtap raised the difficulty within the state meeting for dialogue. The state authorities in December 2023, in the course of the meeting session, had orally introduced the choice to cancel the proposed depot in Punawale. Nevertheless, there was nonetheless unrest amongst the residents ready for the official choice by the PCMC.
Chatting with Hindustan Occasions, Shekhar Singh, municipal commissioner, PCMC, stated, “Considering the protests by the citizens, the decision to set up administrative complex cum convention at Punawale has been cancelled.”
Singh, additional, stated the choice has been taken in view of the rising unfold of the town and contemplating the general regional improvement.
“The PMRDA is expanding rapidly beyond the Punawale area. In the coming years, this area will become a centre of development. This location can be used to set up a government office or a similar office of another development project,” he stated.
Chetan Bhujbal, an space resident who has been following up on the difficulty for the final 17 years, appreciated the choice taken by PCMC. “We have met the former chief minister, Eknath Shinde and the current Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, requesting to cancel the project. The citizens even came onto the streets protesting against the garbage depot. This is a triumph of the citizens,” he stated.