India, Sept. 29 -- The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority's (PMRDA) draft development plan (DP) has formally been scrapped, with the planning authority issuing a notification on Friday confirming the cancellation.

PMRDA was set up in 2015 to improve infrastructure and living conditions in areas outside the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporations. In 2021, the authority announced the draft DP, which drew over 67,000 objections and suggestions. However, in March 2023, the High Court stayed the plan and directed that the existing status be maintained.

As the case continued, the state government decided to cancel the project. Chief minister and PMRDA chairman Devendra Fadnavis had issued instructions, leading to the fin...