Public hearing on draft delimitation of PMC on Sept 11, 12

The hearings will be completed on September 12 and a report submitted to the state government to finalise the delimitation. It will then be published along with reservation.

“The public hearing for wards 1 to 29 will be done on September 11 and the remaining will be on September 12,” said Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram.

Narhe Ambegaon ward received the maximum number of applications — 2066, while Shaniwar Peth Mahatma Phule Mandai Deccan Gymkhana Happy Colony and Karvenagar Hingane Happy Colony received no suggestions and objections.

The Maharashtra government had designated bureaucrat V Radha to conduct the public.

The Pune civic body is under administrative rule as there have been no elections held after the end of previous term in 2022. The Supreme Court had directed the state government hold elections as early as possible, following which the election process was started by the state government. In the previous term from 2017 to 2022, the BJP was single handedly in power.