The proposed police station in Koregaon Park is likely to be further mired in bureaucratic delays, more than 16 months after the February 13, 2010, German Bakery bomb blast, when the need for a police station in the area was felt most strongly.
The proposed police station in Koregaon Park is likely to be further mired in bureaucratic delays, more than 16 months after the February 13, 2010, German Bakery bomb blast, when the need for a police station in the area was felt most strongly.
Although the then municipal commissioner, Mahesh Zagade, granted the request for land made by the police commissioner, Meeran Borwankar, the actual handing over of the land will be a long-winded process that could take many months.
On Thursday, chairman of the city improvement committee (CIC) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Arun Dhimdhime, said the committee approved the relevant resolution on July 8. The resolution states that the Sangamwadi town planning scheme final Plot No 379 of about 39,889 square feet is reserved for a primary school and playground. Out of this land, a plot of 10,000 square feet should be handed over for the police station.
The resolution states that it would be necessary to make changes in the development plan (DP) for allocating land for the police station. For that purpose, permission of the general body (GB) should be taken to publish public notice in newspapers to call for suggestions and objections of the public in the matter.
According to the PMC officials, the proposal would now be sent to the BG for further approval and then the process of changing the reservation of land would begin. Inspection of related documents by DNA has revealed a series of intriguing delays on a matter that deserves top priority.
It was on February 4, 2011, a few days before the first anniversary of the German Bakery blast, that Borwankar had made her request for land to Zagade. She had assured that the police would remove encroachments on the land and speedily establish a new police station there.
On February 24 the request was granted and instructions issued to the office of the city engineer to “allocate land to the police by following immediate proper procedure.”
However, the proposal for approval of the CIC was sent by the municipal commissioner only on June 24, after a delay of four months. The CIC, on its part, took two weeks to approve the proposal, on July 8.
Civic officials told DNA that the resolution passed by the CIC would not be considered in the GB meeting in July as the resolution was not included on the agenda.
At the earliest, it could be considered and approved in August, after which the process would continue.
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