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As the PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) is allegedly going during a financial crisis and has still applied for a loan. It creates for a very interesting exposure that the municipal body has use as a minimum Rs 35 crore on a work that is not still in its jurisdiction. In question, the work is the electric pole shifting and noticeably the MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited) work was undertaken by PMC in the whopping charge.

President of Sajag Nagrik Manch Vivek Velankar and president of Creative Foundation Sandeep Khardekar have shot off letters to Pravinsing Pardeshi, PMC Commissioner demanding that the municipal body allege back the sum use for MSEDCL. They indicate that MERC (Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Committee) has closed the electric pole shifting work is the MSEDCL.

Velankar told Pune Mirror -

We had heard about the 15 percent cut in the expenditure on development works and wrote to the PMC commissioner on July 9 earlier this year, whereas the truth of the matter was that PMC was spending the money on the electric cable shifting for 22 roads under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). At the time, we did write to the civic administration to refrain from making the unnecessary expenditure. Howerver PMC paid no heed and now it has to apply for a loan. Now, MSEDCL is claiming 1.2 percent supervision charges on the same work. Hence, PMC must collect this money from MSEDCL.

Deputy engineer of PMC electric department Shreenivas Kandul said that recently the PMC has a meeting with MSEDCL in the attendance of Dilip Valse Patil, state energy minister and the demand for the amount had been conveyed. The minister had recommended that Rs 35 crore of the total cost be borne by PMC and MSEDCL bodies however no decision had been taken in this look upon.