668 sq km and 117 Villages to Come Back Under PMRDA as Pune Ring Road Planning Tangle Gets Resolved
The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority PMRDA has sent a proposal to the state urban development department seeking the transfer of 117 villages currently under the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation's MSRDC special planning authority back to PMRDA jurisdiction as part of an effort to eliminate overlapping administrative control and bring uniformity to planning zoning and building permissions across the Pune Metropolitan Region. The villages spread across approximately 668 square kilometres in Haveli Bhor Mulshi Purandar and Velhe talukas were originally placed under MSRDC's planning authority by the state government to facilitate implementation of the proposed 137 km Pune Pimpri Chinchwad ring road but their geographical location within the PMRDA region created a dual authority arrangement that has since caused persistent administrative and technical complications in land use planning construction permissions and infrastructure development. Residents of these villages currently have to travel to MSRDC offices in Mumbai for planning related approvals, a situation PMRDA officials described as unnecessarily burdensome and incompatible with the goal of integrated regional development. The PMRDA commissioner confirmed that the authority committee has formally decided to pursue the transfer and expressed confidence in receiving a positive response from the state government.
The proposal was discussed at a high level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister and PMRDA chairman where the need to remove jurisdictional ambiguity and ensure cohesive development planning for the metropolitan region was strongly emphasised. Under the proposed arrangement MSRDC would retain jurisdiction only over land parcels directly required for physical execution of the ring road project while all broader planning functions for the 117 villages would shift to PMRDA which officials noted is better equipped under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act to prepare and implement a comprehensive structural development plan for the area. PMRDA has already completed studies and prepared a base draft of the development plan for these villages and once state government approval is received the 117 villages will be formally incorporated into the structural development plan being prepared for the entire PMRDA region. Officials said the consolidation of planning authority under a single body will simplify approvals for residents, remove regulatory confusion and ensure that infrastructure development across these rapidly evolving villages proceeds in a coordinated and well planned manner.
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