Pune Mayor releases citizens8217; charter

PUNE, NOV 23: The Pune Municipal Corporation on Monday took a major step towards transparent administration, with Mayor Datta Gaikwad rel...

PUNE, NOV 23: The Pune Municipal Corporation on Monday took a major step towards transparent administration, with Mayor Datta Gaikwad releasing citizens8217; charter8217;, which contains all the vital information about the civic administration.

Speaking on the occasion, Gaikwad hoped that the administration would work more efficiently and effectively as the citizens8217; charter would encourage people8217;s participation in civic affairs. He said the civic administration would now go to the people, which is the basic thrust of the charter.

Municipal Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad expressed confidence that the charter would help in curbing corruption, as transparent administration would not leave any scope for wrong practices. Gaikwad said he would conduct a monthly meeting of all the heads of the departments and ward officers to review the functioning.

The charter has been prepared with the aim of educating people about the civic administration, encouraging people8217;s participation and decentralisation of administration. The charter contains all the information about 20 departments including health, water supply, electricity, roads, sewerage, traffic, building permission, anti-encroachment, slum development, tax assessment, octroi, garden, education board, PMT and ward offices.

It encompasses vital information about the jurisdiction of all the departments and also informs people about whom they should approach for a particular job. It contains official addresses, office timings and telephone numbers of all the offices. Besides, the charter has mentioned how much time administration would take to complete a particular work and the required payment to be made to the municipal corporation.

The charter contains information about various issues like cleaning of roads and gutters, garbage lifting, birth and death certificates, food adulteration, malaria, typhoid, water connection, complaints about the water supply and bills, potholes on roads, clearing debris from the road, road signals, building permission and fire brigade. The charter informs the people about the list of documents required to be produced for a particular job.