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Pune Launches Year-Long City Transformation Cell to Speed Up Civic Fixes

The new unit will use monthly reporting, appointed nodal officers, and interim PMC funding for utility shifts to overcome coordination bottlenecks.

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.