Bombay High Court Orders PMC to submit affidavit regarding poor road conditions in Pune within 3 weeks
By: Pune Pulse
August 19, 2023
Pune: The Bombay High Court has ordered the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Maharashtra’s Department of urban development to file an affidavit about the poor road conditions in Pune City within 3 weeks.
As per details shared by Qaneez Sukhrani, who filed the petition, the High Court has asked that apart from issuing Government Resolution of August 18, 2018, what measures have been taken for the discharge of the duties of the municipal corporation and its authority in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1949 and to comply with the directions of this Court in its judgment of February 24 & April 12, 2018.
As per information, the petition filed by Sukhrani claims that a total of 114 areas in the jurisdiction of the PMC were reported as pothole prone areas in 2022 while 113 areas were reported in 2023. This indicated that the civic body has failed to reduce the pothole prone areas in the city.
Also, the hearing on the matter has been postponed to September 29. Last week, the Chief Justice of Maharashtra Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Judge Arif Doctor gave directions to the PMC and State Urban Development Department to file an affidavit within three weeks in the petition filed by Qaneez Sukhrani against the PMC.
