India, June 11 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has initiated the process of preparing a development plan (DP) for the 23 villages merged into the city limits and has placed a proposal before the City Improvement Committee for approval.

The 23 villages were merged into the PMC limits in 2021. However, instead of authorising the civic body to prepare the development plan, the state government had entrusted the responsibility to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). The PMRDA subsequently prepared a development plan for the merged areas, but it faced numerous objections from residents and stakeholders. In 2025, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis scrapped the PMRDA-prepared plan.

Following the state government's ...