Recently, the Maharashtra state government appointed the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) as the special planning authority for the 23 villages which have been merged into the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Not surprisingly, this move is being cited as politically motivated. After all, it is the appointed planning authority that also earns revenue via
Just when Pune’s housing market was recovering reasonably well with good demand and supply, the second Covid-19 wave disrupted its growth momentum. To make things worse, there has been a steep rise in the prices of construction materials like cement and steel, over and above increasing labour costs. There are more than 2.5 lakh homes
The second COVID-19 wave has taken India by storm, over-stretching the healthcare infrastructure far beyond its capacity not just in top urban centres but penetrating deeper into rural areas. Even the most developed nations including the US would have failed to stay strong in the face of such ferocity. However, despite the ongoing restrictions, most
