Ajit Pawar faces Mundhwa-Keshavnagar residents’ fury over traffic issues, woman asks him to adopt ‘Manohar Parrikar’s style’

Even as he was issuing instructions to officials about the bridge work in Mundhwa-Keshavnagar and the traffic issues in Kondhwa Chowk and Gadital Chowk in Hadapsar, he had to face a volley of questions from residents. They complained about the water shortage in residential societies in Mundhwa and Keshavnagar.

”We have high hopes from you… Just like how Manohar Parrikar used to survey the traffic situation, you should also see for yourself the chaos on the roads…You should visit the spot without informing the officials,” she said.

When Ajit Pawar said he was making efforts to resolve the issues, the woman asked, ”We are faced with the question whether to stay in this area or leave the area.”

Responding to the complaints, Ajit Pawar said, ”This area is facing the problem of jurisdiction between PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) and PMRDA (Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority).”

He then spoke to officials about the issues.

When contacted, Naval Kishore Ram, Municipal Commissioner, Pune, said, ”The deputy chief minister had come to inspect the ongoing works in Mundhwa-Keshavnagar area… Some citizens raised the issues, which are being looked into. As for the delayed bridge work, it will be completed by December. The delay is due to the jurisdiction problem… We are responsible for ensuring civic amenities in all PMC areas. But the building permission is with PMRDA. Discussion is going on regarding handing over the building permission aspect to PMC.”

The PMC commissioner said that Pune as a whole had urban mobility issues.

”At some places, there are missing links, in other places, roads are missing, DP roads have not been made…There is a need to take them up in a campaign mode,” he added.