Pressure on Maharashtra to decide fate of bio diversity park
PUNE: Civic activists, elected members and the municipal administration
have asked the state government to take a final decision on the
proposed reservation for a bio diversity park (BDP) in 23 merged villages.
A delegation of elected representatives recently submitted a memorandum requesting the state government to not to delay the issue further. Also a group of civic activists sent a letter to the chief minister demanding implementation of the expert committee's report in the matter.
The state-appointed expert committee has recommended execution of the BDP reservation on 905.54 hectares of land spread across 23 villages. The six-member committee headed by K B Jain, dean, faculty of doctoral studies, center for environmental planning and technology, Ahmedabad, has strongly recommended that the BDP reservation - though not a zone as recommended by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) - on the hills, forest and other green areas in these villages should stay and not be cancelled.
The committee recommended that the PMC should execute the BDP as a "mission development" since it will improve the quality of life in Pune city. A task force comprising all stakeholders from the government and from among the citizens should be set up to accomplish the mission. "Corporate bodies may also come forward to participate in the mission," the committee has said.
The PMC had recommended BDP zoning on 978.54 hectares spread across seven hills. The committee recommended that 73 hectares proposed under BDP zone be deleted and included in residential zone to honour "committed development.
"The BDP committee had submitted its report on May 10 this year. The state government should now take a decision. More encroachments will come up in the proposed BDP area because the civic administration does not have sufficient mechanism to control the same," said a senior PMC official.
A delegation of elected representatives recently submitted a memorandum requesting the state government to not to delay the issue further. Also a group of civic activists sent a letter to the chief minister demanding implementation of the expert committee's report in the matter.
The state-appointed expert committee has recommended execution of the BDP reservation on 905.54 hectares of land spread across 23 villages. The six-member committee headed by K B Jain, dean, faculty of doctoral studies, center for environmental planning and technology, Ahmedabad, has strongly recommended that the BDP reservation - though not a zone as recommended by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) - on the hills, forest and other green areas in these villages should stay and not be cancelled.
The committee recommended that the PMC should execute the BDP as a "mission development" since it will improve the quality of life in Pune city. A task force comprising all stakeholders from the government and from among the citizens should be set up to accomplish the mission. "Corporate bodies may also come forward to participate in the mission," the committee has said.
The PMC had recommended BDP zoning on 978.54 hectares spread across seven hills. The committee recommended that 73 hectares proposed under BDP zone be deleted and included in residential zone to honour "committed development.
"The BDP committee had submitted its report on May 10 this year. The state government should now take a decision. More encroachments will come up in the proposed BDP area because the civic administration does not have sufficient mechanism to control the same," said a senior PMC official.
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