Journalism of Courage
The plans for Shiv Shrishti,a project to depict events in the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji on a plot of land in Kothrud which was earlier a garbage depot,seem to be moving forward.
The State Minister for Urban Development Bhaskarrao Jadhav had recently said the government would soon give directions to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to go ahead with the project. Shiv Sena MLAs Chandrakant Mokate (Kothrud constituency),Mahadeo Babar (Hadapsar) and Vijay Shivtare (Purandar) had drawn the attention of the state government to this issue during the Assembly session. BJP MLA Girish Bapat also raised the issue in the House. Following demands made by some corporators,around two years ago,the civic body proposed to create Shiv Srishti,a series of events depicting Chhatrapati Shivajis life. The Kothrud garbage depot was made functional in 1965. In 1999,the depot was closed down and shifted to Uruli Devachi and Phursungi.
However,despite making allocations for it in the civic budget,the project is yet to take off.
