CMO takes serious cognisance of PMC apathy in NIBM Annexe area

The chief minister's office (CMO) has taken serious cognisance of the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC's) apathy toward the problems of residents of NIBM Annexe and Mohammed Wadi after residents and activists lodged a complaint with the CMO, seeking prosecution and registration of criminal cases against the civic body for continuous negligence toward the residents' problems.

- Nadeem Inamdar

PUNE: The complaint was lodged with the CMO by the NIBM Annexe Residents' Forum (NARF) through its director Jaymala Dhankikar.

The petition pointed out that more than 10,000 area residents were suffering due to faulty planning, corruption and lack of a citizen-centric approach on the part of the PMC. It stated that three development plan (DP)-sanctioned roads slated to be constructed at a cost of around ₹40 crore were incomplete owing to the lack of mandatory land acquisition by the road department for the past 10 years. The petition demanded that maximum amenity spaces be converted into gardens, urban forests and bird habitats to reverse climate change and its disastrous impact on the environment.