Pimpri Chinchwad civic body plans to engage citizens

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to engage citizens to iron out issues like pollution, environmental hazards, unplanned growth and traffic snarls in its bid to turn Pimpri Chinchwad into a Smart City. Seeking people’s views on various issues, the civic body started a survey, under which over two lakh citizens will be contacted through various means, including an exclusive website ‘smartcitypimprichinchwad.in’ and a mobile app. The civic body has set the deadline of March 15 to collect people’s suggestions regarding various issues. Thereafter, a final proposal will be drafted and sent to the Centre by March-end. While launching the smart city website on Saturday, municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said the survey includes issues like environmental hazards, river front development, cycle tracks, hospitals and removal of encroachments. “For Pimpri Chinchwad, there would be a model area for implementing development works, which will be replicated in the other areas of the twin cities later. The model areas include Nigdi Pradhikaran, Wakad-Pimple Saudagar, Sangvi, Moshi, Pimpri Chinchwad station area, Bhosari and Chikhali. The population of the twin township is around 20 lakh. PCMC will contact 2 lakh citizens as a part of the survey,” Waghmare said.