Municipal commissioner Kunal Kumar on Tuesday said the civic body will bring more transparency in tree the cutting process in the city. He said the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will very soon launch a mobile app which will have information about the trees to be cut across the city for various developmental projects.
As elected members raised various objections at the general body meeting over tree cutting process, commissioner assured them that the issues will be sorted. Kumar even assured that if needed, inquiry would be carried out in earlier tree cutting permissions.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) carried out agitations over tree cutting issue and also raised concerns over allowing municipal commissioner to grant permissions directly without a nod from the tree authority. In the wee hours of Sunday, civic authorities cut 11 trees on Raj Bhavan Marg, triggering protests from environmental activists. The trees were cut for road widening purpose to accommodate the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
Commissioner said that this decision has been taken by the state government for all the municipal corporation and it is not the administration’s decision.
Kumar also said that the civic body is developing a new app where citizens would get all the information about tree cutting. According to officials, PMC will publish the locations of trees for which they are giving permission. Officials said there will be a digital record of all the trees in the city.
{{/usCountry}}Kumar also said that the civic body is developing a new app where citizens would get all the information about tree cutting. According to officials, PMC will publish the locations of trees for which they are giving permission. Officials said there will be a digital record of all the trees in the city.
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