City improvement committee unhappy

The members of the city improvement committee of PimpriChinchwad municipal corporation expressed displeasure about being sidelined by the town planning department.
Shubhagi Borhade, chairperson presided over the meeting. Shiv Sena corporator Seema Savale raised the subject of tabling a proposal about the development plan of newly merged village of Tathawade, directly before the civic general body (GB) for approval around a week back instead of tabling it before the committee for initial approval.
She alleged that the town planning department was trying to deprive the committee of its powers by directly tabling the proposal before the GB for approval instead of tabling it before the committee for initial approval.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators Prashant Shitole and Narayan Bahirwade too raised this subject at the meeting.
Later speaking to mediapersons, Prashant Shitole said, “The committee has a separate existence which must be preserved by not depriving it of its powers. Pratibha Bhadane, deputy director, town planning had said that the civic body had announced its move to prepare the draft DP of Tathawade village on April 5, 2011 as per the government records. It has to table the draft DP before the general body for approval within two years so the civic administration had tabled the short notice proposal before the general body.”
Meanwhile the Tathawade village had been merged by the state government into municipal limits in 2009. Earlier this village was surrounded by municipal limits on three sides prior to its merger. The civic body had started the process to prepare the draft DP of this village after the merger to enable it to provide civic amenities like gardens, roads, hospitals, water supply and drainage network to the local residents.
The civic body has reserved plots in the village for providing these civic amenities. It will be able to start the land acquisition process for acquiring these reserved plots after the DP is approved by the state government.

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