PUNE: Land reservation, flood lines and clarity on road construction were the key issues raised by citizens in the suggestions and objections on the draft development plan prepared by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) for the 23 villages that were merged recently with the Pune Municipal Corporation limits.
As many as 60,000 suggestions and objections were received by the authority by Thursday, the deadline for the submission. According to PMRDA officials, the screening and categorisation of these suggestions and objections will be done in the next few days. The public hearing process will start after that.
“Prominent issues can be identified after the categorisation. The exact number of suggestions and objections can reduce a bit, as some citizens have submitted multiple suggestions and objections,” said Abhiraj Girkar, joint director, town planning and metropolitan planner of PMRDA.
The draft development plan was up for inspection at PMRDA’s office at Aundh, its regional offices and also uploaded on the PMRDA website.
The submission of suggestions and objections on the DP started on August 1 and was to end on August 31. Local residents from various villages had demanded an extension of at least a month to submit their say on the draft DP. An extension of 15 days was given.
Suggestions and objections on the same issue will be clubbed into one as they will have the same replies.
