NCP leader and former leader of the opposition Dipali Dhumal has urged the civic administration to ensure that the residents get water once the supply is restored on Fridays.
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Oppn cries foul on hasty civic proposal; drivers fear losing jobs.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) seems to have forgotten its financial crunch, which it otherwise always cries over, and has hastily proposed renting 38 electric cars at Rs 23.28 crore for a period of eight years in the recent civic standing committee meeting. The opposition has cried foul, also since the quotation is higher by Rs 8 crore amongst other reasons, and the consideration of the proposal has been postponed by two weeks. PMC defended its move by claiming this will help fight pollution in the city.
Congress corporator Aba Bagul questioned the timing of the proposal. “The PMC has sufficient cars for use with many claiming allowance for self-owned cars. Also, the PMC is already struggling to pay the salaries of its employees, but still wants to indulge in unnecessary expenditure like this.”