DP report of pune city , Bound to land in controversy

The report prepared by the planning committee on the development plan for old city limit of Pune city is once again in controversy. PMC has taken stand that report will be made public after it is presented to the civic general body (GB). PMC will check with the legal department. After getting approval, they will upload the report on the PMC website.

These reports are bound to land in controversy because there is lot of difference between report submitted by 4 members and 3 members in marathi. Every page of these reports except report submitted  by 3 members  has signatures on each and every page.About metro policy 4 members have suggested that there should three FSI, it should not be compulsory and not only within 500 hundred metres of both sides Metro but should be applicable to whole of the city.And amount collected through premium on additional FSI should be called Urban Development fund and 60% of this fund should be used for Metro 15% for PMPML , HCMTR and Mono Rail and 25% for developing basic infrastructure .while 3 members have suggested 4 FSI all over city.

The 4 members have suggested that road widening in sector 1 should be done as per 1987 DP of Pune city while three members have suggested that  in Gavthan and  and congsted  areas roads should be developed as per 1987 DP.

3 members have also mention that one member Mr. Chetan tupe was not present in some meetings of committee while  in report submitted by 4 members there is no such remark.

Corporators from various parties had written to the municipal commissioner and municipal secretary, demanding that the report should not be kept sealed. Meanwhile some corporators received the report on Wednesday morning.

This is something funny .PMC had earlier also taken stand that revised DP was of confidential nature .However it was  being circulated allegedly amongst builders and others with vested interest but the citizens of Pune were not being given access to it by the PMC. I had procured a copy and put it up on this blog

Despite the Right to Information (RTI) Act and the Public Disclosures Act in place which mandates any municipal corporation to put that information in the public domain which affects the public at large, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has kept the revised draft of the Development Plan (DP) for the old city limits of Pune, under wraps. I had mortified this secrecy by procuring the copy and uploading it on this blog for all to see.

This time also while PMC is reluctant to make planning committees report, It was in so many corporators and reporters hand. But still PMC is not putting it on its website Here are copies of report submitted by committee on DP.

1) Planning committee report by 4 members

2) Planning committeereport by 3 members

3) Corrections to theDraft DP

4) Suggested modificationto the development control rules

5) HCMTR alignment map

6) Decision on hearing asper MRTP act section 51

7) Planning committeemembers recommendations

8) Dissent Planningcommittee report by members SarangYadwadkar, A.M.chauhan and Dr.Sachin Punekar

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Pune Suseong-gu MoU, Open Letter to Mayor and Commissioner

To,

1) Hon'ble Mrs. Vaishali Bankar,

Mayor, Pune Municipal Corporation

Pune.

2) Hon'ble Mr. Mahesh Pathak, IAS,

Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation

Pune

 Dear Madam /Sir,

Recently some of the elected members of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and an officer from PMC visited the City of Suseong -gu and signed a Memorandum of Understanding for friendly exchange between two cities. As per this MoU both cities shall establish close friendly relationship to develop cooperation based on mutual respect and benefit.

It is a good thing that Pune city is trying to established friendly relations with a foreign city so long as it is within the four boundaries of the law of the land. According to the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation (BPMC) Act, approval from the General Body of the Corporation is mandatory for all acts done on behalf of PMC. It is inconceivable that the Mayor goes against the provisions of the BPMC Act. Hence, I shall be obliged if you can make these approvals public.

As per established norms, the responsibility for establishing friendly relations with foreign countries vests with the Central Government. Or at least permission of such departments is essential before developing friendly relations with foreign cities. I request you to make such permissions public.

According to reference No. II/21022/58(97)/2011-FCRA-I, Government of India/Bharat Sarkar, Ministry of Home Affairs/Grih Mantralaya, Foreigners Division (FCRA Wing), “No member of a Legislature or office-bearer of a political party or Judge or Government servant or employee of any corporation or any other body owned or controlled by the Government shall, while visiting any country or territory outside India, accept, except with the prior permission of the Central Government, any foreign hospitality.” Please also let the public have the prior permission taken from the Central Government for this tour to Korea.

As per MoU both cities shall improve understanding of residents of the region and shall support exchange activities in education, culture, medicine, economy, urban development and areas of mutual concern. Developing relations for activities in education, culture, medicine, economy, urban development with foreign countries is the responsibility of ministries or departments concerned of the Central Government and instructions exist in this regard. Has PMC appropriated these responsibilities to itself from the ministries or departments concerned? I request you to make copies of these appropriations available to the public.

As per the MoU, both cities shall promote mutual exchange based on this MOU and shall do their best to promote exchanges in the private sector. This MoU was signed on 12^th June 2013 and Committee members were in Suseong - gu until 17 June. Hence, there must have been discussions about mutual exchanges with the private sector also. I request you to make the minutes of such discussions public.