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22/7/2025: Contact details of Municipal Commissioner's secretariat: Dnyaneshwar Dhakne; P.A. Phone: 020-25501103/1105; Administration Officer : 020-25501106; Inward-Outward section : 020-25501108; E-mail: mco@punecorporation.org
22/7/2025: Contact details of Municipal Commissioner's secretariat: Dnyaneshwar Dhakne; P.A. Phone: 020-25501103/1105; Administration Officer : 020-25501106; Inward-Outward section : 020-25501108; E-mail: mco@punecorporation.org
22/7/2025: Visited Commissioner's secretariat today. They said call Monday/Tuesday for meeting with Commissioner. We may keep a presentation ready. Only two persons (Rajendra and Pankaj). Contact details of Municipal Commissioner's secretariat: Dnyaneshwar Dhakne; P.A. Phone: 020-25501103/1105; Administration Officer : 020-25501106; Inward-Outward section : 020-25501108; E-mail: mco@punecorporation.org
E-Mails July 2025 (Two Numbers) to new Municipal Commissioner, Naval Kishore Ram, for an in-person meeting to discuss reservation for Sports Ground. Simultaneously, MCPSS made an application for the same purpose.
Compilation of our earliest representations: Receipted copies of applications from four Societies, and other application from Pune Sixteen with SOP and extract of DP map
Click here for copies of (1) the letter from Property Department to Sports Department advising them to initiate proposal, (2) Draft proposal we provided to the Sports Department through Ms Shamala Desai, (3) Online RTI Application of 23/6/2025 due on 22/7/2025, (4) RTI Confirmation, (5) RTI application text, all in a single folder. RTI Appeal filed on 27/7/2025
23 Feb 2025: Bal Bharati Road HC judgment is pronounced recently. It says PMC has filed an affidavit saying "Once the development plan is sanctioned from the Government of Maharashtra, it is binding on the Corporation for its implementation".
2017-18 DP showing the reservation for sports ground at Pawar Road opposite Chanakya Society.
Property Card of the reserved land
SOP for acquisition of reserved land: the usable extract of the SOP provided by Mr. Mhaske
This 2012 paper explains the genesis of SWaCH and the acronym
Meeting dated 17/7/2025 with new Ward Officer, Mr. Timayya Jagale (जगले): Agenda and Follow-up Letter With Decisions to Ward Office
RTI dated 08 July 2025 filed for cleanliness of Pawar Road (Bahirat Patil Chowk to Homi Bhabha Chowk)
22/7/2025: SWaCH Byelaws (2007)
2024 to 2025: SWaCH: Funding, Governance, Absence of Data of Collections from Public
21/7/2025: SWaCH 5-year Agreement with PMC, 2024-29 at Resources page of their website
16 Jan 2025 Meeting with SWaCH: Minutes of Meeting
Sports Ground Reservation events; Google Form
25 Feb 2025: Pankaj Dixit (our new member) suggests that we meet our Hon'ble MLA in this connection, whose own family, we believe, has shares in the ownership of the plot. A welcome suggestion. Since our old member Pankaj (now we will have to call him Pankaj Anand!) knows the MLA very well, they may like to coordinate. Other members may join in. We feel that our request will be received magnanimously, considering that his own electorate will immensely benefit from the sports ground.
23 Feb 2025: Minutes of Telephonic Meeting of Rajendra and Pankaj. Rajendra and Pankaj discussed pros and cons of using the Google Form seeking transfer of money to Rajendra's personal account, and not to any organizational account. Rajendra explained this as a temporary measure with all the checks and balances in place (stated in the header of the account sheet in public domain) highlighting that the current receipts are Rs. 1750 including Rs. 1100 contributed by Coordinators themselves. While the work cannot be halted, the bank account shall be opened after completing the formalities to establish Pune-Sixteen as an Association of Persons in terms of the Bank rules. This issue notwithstanding, Pankaj informed that the executive committee of MCPSS has resolved to work with Pune-Sixteen toward PMC acquiring the reserved plot at Pawar Road, Model Colony, and develop it as sports ground under the 2017-18 DP sanctioned by Government. Both agreed to garner grassroots support in their own way. To this end, Pankaj agreed to deliver to Pune-Sixteen: (a) Minutes of meeting of MCPSS body to support Pawar Road reservation initiative, and (b) Names and contact numbers of Model Colony Parisar citizens, who openly support (a).
23 Feb 2025: Bal Bharati Road HC judgment is pronounced recently. It says PMC has filed an affidavit saying "Once the development plan is sanctioned from the Government of Maharashtra, it is binding on the Corporation for its implementation". We shall hold them to the same standard for our sports ground.
22 Feb 2025: We filed RTI seeking to see the record of process initiated by PMC after we filed the Property Card. RTI allows them one month to act.
21 Feb 2025: We updated all participants on the activities and made the following appeal to the Press through the following WhatsApp messages.
"In the past eight years, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has failed to take action to develop the sports ground on land reserved for this purpose in the 2017 Development Plan (DP). If prompt action is not taken, there is a serious risk of the reservation lapsing. This would result in the land being lost to high-rise, unsustainable real estate development, depriving children—especially from poor and middle-class families—of a vital space for physical and mental growth, social cohesion, and better opportunities to join the armed forces. Concerned citizens of Model Colony have taken up this issue with the civic administration. However, there may be many more such cases across Pune that threaten the city's inclusive development and the well-being of its residents. We urge your support in bringing this matter to public attention. Media scrutiny can compel the authorities to act promptly on this long-pending issue, ensuring the sanctioned development under the DP is implemented without further delay."
13 Feb 2025: We commenced the activities to demand sports ground at the land reserved for the purpose at Pawar Road. Here are the up-do-date records:
Click here for the 2017-18 DP showing the reservation for sports ground at Pawar Road opposite Chanakya Society. It is unfortunate that PMC have not taken any action to develop the sports ground till date. There is a fear of reservation lapsing if timely action is not taken. MCPSS, as also Shyamala Desai (who has got many sports grounds developed) have joined us in this endeavor. Click here for notes on collaboration with MCPSS through its Secretary who is also a resident of Pawar Road.
Click here for compilation of our correspondence until 20/2/2025.
Pune-Sixteen and three Societies/Apartments filed applications for expeditious development of the sports ground.
First, the applications were sent to Sports Department on the advice of Mr. Mhaske of Estate and Management Department. But subsequently, we were told by Mr. Bhutada, Dy. Engineer of Estate and Management Department to submit the applications to Estate and Management Department. Accordingly, we re-submitted all the applications to Estate and Management Department (see the compilation).
Mr. Bhutada said, if we provide the Property Card, they shall know the owners and immediately initiate the case. Accordingly, Secretary, MCPSS obtained the Property Card which we submitted vide our letter No. Pune-16/2025/14 dated 19/2/2025, on 20/2/2025 (the first document of the compilation).
What Now?: Now it is for Mr. Bhutada to initiate the case, as promised, based on the Property Card made available by us. And it is for us, the citizens, to obtain a copy of the same under the RTI. This allows us maximum of one month to wait for the response.
What Thereafter?: Here is the usable extract of the SOP provided by Mr. Mhaske that was not agreed by Sports Department but provides a glimpse into the due process. We need to follow up the steps with PMC till the land is taken over by PMC for development.
दि. १६/१/२०२५ रोजी झालेल्या बैठकीच्या मिनीट्स वरून पुणे-सिक्सटीन व स्वच्छ संस्थेने करावयाचे कामांच्या यादी करिता येथे क्लिक करावे. पुणे-सिक्सटीनने घेतलेल्या जबाबदारी बाबत काही आवश्यक खुलासा आवश्यक असल्याने स्वच्छ संस्थेस आम्ही प्रश्न सादर केले असून त्यांची यादी करिता येथे क्लिक करावे.
DP 2017 for Pune-16 (Courtesy: Ameet Singh): Map of Pune-16 area
UDCPR-2020: Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations Updated up to 30/1/2023
PMC's 2004 brochure showing STP plans and STP Zone map at that time
TERI Water Sustainability Assessment of Pune, 2021 © The Energy and Resources Institute 2021
Our letter to Sewage Department dated 14/1/2025 regarding sewage of three buildings' sewage passing through single, narrow pipe (including Bapu's)
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notice to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) [click here for copy], emphasizing the legal necessity to urgently address the discharge of untreated sewage into natural nalas.
While the 2020s River Rejuvenation Project, superseding the connected details of the 2007 DP advocates the development of riparian forests to restore ecological balance, PMC has recently destroyed an existing riparian forest to build a road along the river (FSI shoots up!), relying on provisions from the 2007 Development Plan (DP). Click for the satellite picture BEFORE and AFTER destruction. This stark contradiction raises questions about PMC’s commitment to ecological restoration of the rivers.
While the 2020s River Rejuvenation Project, superseding the connected details of the 2007 DP advocates the development of riparian forests to restore ecological balance, PMC has recently destroyed an existing riparian forest to build a road along the river (FSI shoots up!), relying on provisions from the 2007 Development Plan (DP). Click for the satellite picture BEFORE and AFTER destruction. This stark contradiction raises questions about PMC’s commitment to ecological restoration of the rivers.
A new water-borne disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) appears in Pune.
PuneMirror reported on 01/10/2024 the NRCD schemes undertaken by PMRDA including for Pune rivers.
JICA Project is mentioned in the DPR. This is a pamphlet of the JICA . Here is the PMC webpage giving details including funding details of the JICA Project.
Sarang Yadwadkar filed appeal in NGT from EC 2023: First Order of the Appeal
MP Vandana Chavan's question answered by Central Minister on 09/8/2021
Siddharth Kelkar of Loksatta reports on 28 Jan 2025 on change of blue/red lines.
Dipanita of IE reports that Medha Kulkarni, MP, is expected to demand to see the sanction of the DRP in meeting with Commissioner on 29 Jan 2025.
Cloud Copy of Pune River Rejuvenation: Detailed Project Report (DPR) 2018 DPR Copy on PMC Website
Environmental Clearance 2019 Old Is this a discarded draft of 2017 (see web address) sowing project name as RFD? Here we have downloaded the form lest it disappears from the website [use this link]
Pune River Rejuvenation Project Website of PMC, with its current status, project activities by Ahmedabad company; Copy as Google Docs
For comparison: J&K river rejuvenation project report
The 2021 TERI report titled, Water Sustainability Assessment of Pune.
Concept Master Plan River Rejuvenation Project: In a presentation form 2016,
Environmental clearance: The 2015 Manual prepared by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
Law for Constitution of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)
Note: SEAC doesn't seem to have is own website. The SEIAA bases its decisions on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee that is, SEAC. Project proponents can file their applications online through the portal of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) is superior to the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) because the SEIAA grants environmental clearances for projects.
With creation of Tree Authority under the PMRDA, those under the PMC and PCMC have lost their legal sanctity. Here are the documents to establish this fact.
In this redacted article published jointly with Ameet Singh under Myspace in Times of India Pune on 13 Dec 2024 we have explained the official mandates of PMRDA and PMC, and how, by deviating from their duties, they have left the tree administration of Pune metropolitan region totally neglected. Click here for original full-length article.
Rajendra has submitted to PMRDA two write-ups titled A Roadmap for PMRDA to Successfully Carry Out Tree Census and Write-up titled Provision of Land Parcels for Compensatory Plantation to Survive for Centuries
In response to objections filed by Team Ameet regarding the aforesaid destruction of riparian forests, the Municipal Commissioner, acting as the Tree Authority, has directed his own Project Engineer to address these objections. Click here for the internal letter. This arrangement compromises impartiality and reflects PMC sitting as a judge in its own case. A Legal Notice has already been sent by Ameet (through Rajendra as his advocate) pointing out that the Tree Authority under the Municipal Commissioner is unlawful [click here for the copy] under the provisions of the Tree Act.