Sincere officer,sloppy administration

Every prominent chowk in town poses danger to citizens’ lives. The Nashik Phata chowk,Bhosari chowk,Nigdi chowk,Chinchwad chowk,Pimpri chowk,Chinchwadgaon or the KSB chowk,they all remain as chaotic as ever threatening to snuff out innocent lives. The biggest headache for citizens is that if they park their vehicles on the roads,the traffic police will pounce on them leading to ugly scenes practically every day. To ease these problems,Sharma put his best foot forward by setting up a separate traffic cell and road maintenance cell. “But are these still in existence? We haven’t seen they bringing in any changes in the traffic scenario of the town,” said civic activist D G Baliga.

Vouches corporator Maruti Bhapkar,“PCMC chief has no control over his administration. It seems the officers don’t listen to him.” However,Bhapkar said Sharma is a good and sincere officer. “This has been proved when he refused to grant sanction for funds more than what was provided in the budget. During Band’s time,officials used to get funds three times more than budgetory provision,” Bhapkar said.

Pointing out that internal roads,drainage work,water pipeline works have been hit badly in all wards,Bhapkar said,“Too many big projects were sanctioned during Band’s time. Due to this,small works in the suburbs remained pending creating problems for residents,” he said. Congress corporator Babu Nair said Sharma is easily accessible and an officer with positive approach. “He has just started getting grip of his administration. He is very practical and full of ideas,” Nair said.

Stating that because of too many big projects Sharma has not been able to implement his plans. Nair however said the PCMC chief is really pushing for faster completion of JNNURM projects. Overall,Sharma has given a better and controversy-free administration,Nair said.