Pune PMC news.
PMRDA has changed the condition of water supply while granting construction permission. The PMRDA, which has so far taken a certificate from the builder that it is responsible for water supply, has now pushed this responsibility to the concerned municipal corporations and municipalities (Builders). On the one hand, when the population of Pune city reached six million, the government did not increase the water quota. In Pimpri Chinchwad too, water is being supplied after a day's gap, by handing over the responsibility of water supply to the Municipal Corporation, the problems of about one crore people have increased. There has been a strong discussion in political circles that the government has taken this decision through PMRDA keeping in mind the builders who supply 'credit' in the run-up to the assembly elections. (PMRDA, while granting construction permission, shifted the responsibility of water supply to municipalities)
It is being claimed that with the change in water supply conditions, the problem of getting construction permission in 242 rapidly developing nearby villages, including those included in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PMC), will be solved.
Construction and group housing projects under the jurisdiction of PMRDA were earlier not allowed unless there was availability of water. An undertaking was being taken from the developer regarding water supply. Due to this, a large number of projects have been set up in the PMRDA area, especially in the villages included in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal limits and in the adjoining villages with the permission of PMRDA in the last few years. However, the residents are still facing problems due to lack of water supply.
Against this backdrop, the PMRDA has taken an important decision with a view to providing relief to the general public as well as businessmen by amending this rule. This includes 23 villages within the limits of the Pune Municipal Corporation and 5 km from the municipal corporation / nagarpalika limits within the limits of the authority. The responsibility of supplying water to the periphery of the remote rural areas has been fixed on the concerned municipal corporations and municipalities. This will pave the way for grant of development permission to all new / improvement projects in the said area. Commissioner of PMRDA Dr. The order, issued by Yogesh Mhase, will benefit hundreds of citizens and construction professionals from 242 villages that are part of the authority.
An important decision was taken regarding new development permissions in addition to 242 villages which are developing areas under PMRDA limits. In this, the projects which have been given a certificate that they will get the required water supply for different uses by the competent public authority as per the provisions of the Development Control and Promotion Rules 2018 Rule No. 27.2 for the Authority area, such proposals will be approved. In this, if the certificate of water supply to the area has been submitted by the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat, Zilla Parishad, Maharashtra Life Authority and MIDC's water supply scheme, or if the groundwater survey and development agency has submitted a water verification certificate along with the proposal in the case where there is a well or borewell on the project site, then such proposals will be approved.(PMRDA – Pune PMC News)
The 23 villages that have been included in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits are still being given construction permission by the PMRDA. In the last about ten years, big housing projects have come up in the included villages as well as nearby villages. The water supply system here is of old villages and has not been developed much. Therefore, the responsibility of supplying water to these housing projects was given to the builder until the municipal corporation supplies water. Certificates have also been issued to them.
However, the PMRDA has taken the position that while the PMRDH is giving permission, the construction is not allowed without bringing a water supply certificate from the corporation. Due to this, there are signs of a queue of developers outside the office of the Municipal Water Supply Department in the coming days. The municipal corporation has not yet developed a water supply system in the included villages as well as in the villages within the limits of these villages. Will the Water Supply Department issue no-objection certificates to new housing projects if the 20 TMC water received by the Municipal Corporation from the Water Resources Department is not enough? Such a question is being presented. There is a strong discussion that the government has taken this decision to boost the business of construction developers by handing over the pain of PMRDA to the Municipal Corporation only in the wake of the Assembly elections.
