Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation ( PCMC ) has begun a survey of constructions in blue flood line areas across the civic limits. Municipal commissioner Shekhar Singh has set a deadline of one week for completion of the survey following which the civic body will initiate a drive to demolish illegal structures . "We may start the drive later this week against illegal commercial structures in the first phase," Singh told TOI.
The municipal corporation cannot initiate action against residential structures during the monsoon as per the high court directives due to which illegal commercial structures identified in the blue flood line will be razed in the first phase, he said. The residential structures will also face action in the next phase once the monsoon is over. A senior PCMC official said that zonal offices have been directed to conduct a survey of the three rivers passing through PCMC limits and submit a detailed report on the matter.
Municipal commissioner Shekhar Singh on Wednesday held a meeting with officials of the Pimpri Chinchwad Police department and officials of PCMC's building permission department and anti-encroachment department to plan a demolition drive . "In the wake of floods reported in Pavana, Mula, and Indrayani rivers, a plan was prepared to demolish all structures in the blue flood line areas of the city. The Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner has also assured to make necessary security arrangements during the drive," a PCMC official sai.