The earlier Road Development and Road Maintenance Committee was active till 2019 but it has not been functional since the Covid pandemic hit the world in 2020.
In order to appease voters of housing societies, member of legislative assembly (MLAs) and members of legislative council (MLCs) of various political parties divert their local area development scheme (LADS) funds, given by the state government to carry out civic and beautification works in these private premises.
In an order important to all residents of Pune, the Bombay high court (HC) directed the commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to make functional, within three weeks, two committees, the Standard Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and Road Development and Road Maintenance Committee (RDRMC), which are non-functional.