MLA Sunil Shelke alleges MNCs being cheated in Pune by PMRDA officials, brokers

Shelke had last year too raised the issue in the state legislature. “I sought to know as to how permission is being given to set up industries in afforestation zone or agri zones. Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule had clearly said such permission cannot be given. He had ordered a probe. The minister had said that in afforestation zones, industries should not be set up. Now we have received documentary proof that industries have been set up in prohibited zones with the help of some brokers and PMRDA officials,” he alleged.

Shelke said companies have come not only in prohibited zones but they have also indulged in extending their illegal constructions.

The MLA said he has been consistently supporting industries in Maval area. “I have not taken any contract from any company,” he said. Shelke also met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and urged him to take immediate action in view of the seriousness of the situation.

When contacted, PMRDA commissioner Yogesh Mhase said, “It is true that companies have extended their constructions in afforestation zones. It is illegal. We had served notice to them to remove their illegal constructions. It is not a smaller extension. The illegal construction is up to two acre on land.”

Mhase said they had decided to remove the constructions on Monday. “However, the companies have secured a court stay,” he said. Mhase said a PMRDA assistant town planner who was supposed to carry out demolition of illegal extensions failed to do so.