Rs 162 crore for development works at ward level in Pune

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has made a decision to spend Rs 162 crore on ward-level works and development after receiving suggestions from the citizens. The civic body is aiming to promote development works at 23 merged villages by allocating dedicated funds for these areas.

Vikram Kumar, Administrator, PMC, said that allotting funds to each ward will help in completing pending works across the civic areas. The decision was taken at the recently held revenue committee meeting of PMC.

The fund allocation will be done based on the old ward system, according to which, the city had 162 wards, and each ward will receive Rs 1 crore. Out of the total allotted funds to each ward, Rs 75 lakh is to be used for ward-level works and Rs 25 lakh will be used for works suggested by citizens. The respective ward offices will be responsible to make sure that the dedicated funds be spend on development works in the merged villages. The decision came after the PMC had been receiving demands from residents from these areas to provide funds for development works. The citizens had said that the civic body was not able to efficiently provide them with basic facilities such as roads, water supply, and drainage system.