PMRDA to raze 1,000 illegal constructions

Pune | Thursday | 22nd February, 2018

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As things stand, illegal constructions built till December 2015 can be regularized by paying penalty and compounding charges and PMRDA has invited applications. Pune: Nearly 1,000 illegal constructions listed by Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority ( PMRDA ) will soon be pulled down.Sarang Awad, the newly-appointed the controller of illegal constructions in PMRDA’s jurisdiction, said he will rope in police personnel from Pune city and rural and the appointed private agency for the task. The structures are largely spread out in the Haveli and Mulshi talukas.Awad, who is has been deputed to PMRDA for three years, will oversee prevention, identification and demolition of illegal structures on PMRDA lands and in reserved zones. It will turn its crosshairs onto occupied structures after evacuating the buildings,” Awad said.The survey involves checking for building permissions and other clearances. The additional later files an FIR against the owner of the structure deemed illegal, after which the cell makers arrangements to demolish it..