Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) is the Planning and Development Authority for the Pune Metro Region with an outlook towards channelizing growth in a strategic and orderly manner. It was notified in the year 2015 and has a jurisdictional area of 7,256.46 km2 (2,801.73 sq mi) with a population of 72.76 Lakhs (approximately), making it the largest urban unit in Maharashtra.[1][2][3][4]

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA)
Agency overview
Formed31 March 2015
TypeUrban Planning Agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Maharashtra
HeadquartersAundh, Pune
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Suhas Diwase, Metropolitan Commissioner
Websitehttp://www.pmrda.gov.in

PMRDA covers entire Talukas of Pune, Maval, Mulshi, Haveli and parts of Bhor, Daund, Shirur, Khed, Purandar and Velhe. PMRDA has been set up as a legally empowered and a self-financing corporate body by the Urban Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Expansion plans: PMRDA wants 800 villages within limits". The Indian Express. Mumbai. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. Nov 17, Nisha Nambiar | TNN |; 2019; Ist, 11:11. "6 months on, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority's demand for water stuck | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Bureau, Our. "PMRDA to use Swiss help to build carbon-neutral township". @businessline. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. Nov 19, Nisha Nambiar | TNN |; 2019; Ist, 18:32. "PMRDA receives ten proposals from citizens to have townships | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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