Overview
- Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram and district collector Jitendra Dudi announced the initiative and held its inaugural meeting on February 5.
- The cell mandates monthly meetings and regular reports from nodal officers drawn from multiple departments and agencies.
- PMC will initially fund the relocation of obstructive utilities such as electric poles, with the responsible departments reimbursing the costs in instalments.
- Departments were ordered to resolve pending land acquisition cases within one month and to remove flex hoardings, haphazard cables, and abandoned vehicles under existing rules.
- Agencies were instructed to align utility work with PMC projects, including planning ahead of the next Pune Grand Cycle Tour, to avoid fresh digging after roads are completed.