PUNE: Despite a declaration in their favour six months ago, meritorious students in the city are still waiting for their municipal scholarships.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), which has offered the annual Rs51,000 scholarship to students in the name of Sharadabai Pawar for admissions and other educational purposes to HSC and SSC students, has still not awarded it due to ‘lack of funds’. Ironically, most admission procedures are almost finished. “We have demanded a diversion of funds from the standing committee. These will be transferred from the budgetary heads of a project, which are likely to not be utilised this financial year. Nearly Rs1 crore from will be made available for the scholarship,” said a senior official of PMC.
Standing committee chairman Hemant Rasane affirmed, “ A final call will be taken at the upcoming meeting after discussions.”
