High-rise building approvals in PMC limits reached a new high in 2024, with 16 proposals cleared — the highest annual tally since 2016 when the civic body started clearing such proposals.
The number marked a 78% increase from the nine approvals in the previous year, indicating rising demand for vertical development.
According to the Unified Development Control and Promotion Rules (UDCPR), a high-rise building is defined as a construction with a height of 24 metres or move above the average surrounding ground level.
The majority of the buildings approved by PMC’s high-rise committee are taller than 100 metres, with the tallest being 160.45 metres in height. The projects were coming up in Somwar Peth, Balewadi, Baner, Mundhwa, Kharadi and Bopodi areas.
As per PMC, permissions for high-rises were granted after strict scrutiny of the project sites and the availability of basic infrastructure like roads of 24 metres or above in width. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had approved 41 high-rise building proposals between 2016 and 2023.
