Pimpri Chinchwad Diary

Yeshwantrao Chavan hospital treated 3 lakh patients in fiscal
The 750-bed PCMC-run Yeshwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital has surpassed its own record of treating patients in a financial year — as many as 3 lakh patients by March 31,2011,29,000 more than the previous year. Hospital superintendent Dr Anand Jagdale said the patients treated belonged not only to Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune city,but also from other talukas in the district and even outside. “We get patients from Solapur,Aurangabad,Ahmednagar and even Satara… YCMH is the second largest public hospital in the district and we offer medical services at affordable costs to the poor.” As many as 9,000 surgeries were conducted successfully in 2010-’11,of which 3,000 were major surgeries.

PCMC collects Rs 121crore in building permissions
The building permission department of PCMC collected Rs 121.44 crore in 2010-’11 as against Rs 500 crore in a year by the Pune Municipal Corporation. The collection is an increase of Rs14 crore over last fiscal. The PCMC issued 761 building permission licences in 2010-’11,with the fast developing suburb of Wakad receiving the highest number of permissions (135). The permissions given in the other areas are Pimpri 73,Pimple Saudagar 43,Pimple Gurav 34,Ravet 29,Chinchwad 66 and Bhosari,Dighi,Moshi 125 each. Of the 42,000 new properties developed in the past three years,13,000 came up in 2010-’11.

School uniforms in time this year,say civic education dept officials
The education department of the PCMC has the notoriety of giving sweaters to its students in monsoon and raincoats in winter. Officials,however,promise that there would not be any such faux pas this time. “We have issued tenders for purchasing uniforms. And we are confident the tender process would end in 45 days. By mid-June,all students would get uniforms,” education official Vishnu Jadhav said. The PCMC has 57,000 primary and balwadi students and another 8,000 secondary school students in 152 schools. Jadhav said there were administrative problems in the past,but they would not recur in future. An amount of Rs 6.25 crore has been reserved for purchasing uniforms.

Tailpiece: Activists say the PCMC headquarters has been witnessing a “no show” these days. Reason: Both municipal commissioner Asheesh Sharma and Mayor Yogesh Behl are missing. While Sharma has gone to Coimbatore for election duty,the Mayor is on a Singapore tour. “I will be away for 20 days overseeing the elections in Coimbatore,” Sharma said.

Compiled by Manoj More