Pune Beat

The petitions, filed by municipal corporator Nitin Jagtap and journalist Vijay Kumbhar, alleged that the municipal commissioner had shifted the reservation of the plot elsewhere allegedly to accommodate the former chief minister8217;s relative.

Counsel for tenants, Virendra Tulzapurkar, argued in the jam-packed courtroom that there was no illegality involved in the land deal and prayed that the building should not be demolished.

Harping on a point that the plot in question was never reserved for a public purpose, he argued that the subject matter did not fell within the ambit of a public interest litigation and hence the court should not entertain it.

Referring to Town Planning schemes since 1931, counsel for the tenants sought to establish that the concerned plot was not reserved for garden or any other public purpose as the petitioners had alleged. He, therefore, said that in this matter no public interest was involved.

Fishy affair: 4 fall into police net
Four persons, who used gelatin for underwater explosions and walked away with the dead fish from the Pavana river, were today arrested in a swift action by the police, local corporator Raju Golande and the authorities of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation PCMC.

Fishing in this brazen manner by conducting gelatin explosions had been continuing for the several months in the river at Chinchwad. Corporator Golande had complaint to the corporation and the police in December.

A close watch was being kept on those involved in the fishing activity. The foursome were caught red-handed when they were conducting the explosions. They have been identified as Subhash Randive, Harishchandra Jadhav, Ramdas Pawar and Kashibai Pawar.

Meanwhile, the corporation has appealed citizens to inform the civic authorities about any activities of fishing in this manner.