Only 9 playgrounds in Pune! Where are the other 165, PMC?

Only 9 playgrounds are available out of the total 174 reservations made in the Development Plan of 1987 and there are no changes in the recently released new DP of the city for its old boundary In percentage there are only 517 playgrounds in the city The reason behind the remaining 165 reservations for play grounds in the city was nonimplementation of the earlier DPs by Pune Municipal Corporation PMC All workThe reason behind the remaining 165 reservations for playgrounds in the city is nonimplementation of the earlier development plans by Pune Municipal Corporation Representation Pic The 174 playgrounds reservations including children playgrounds are at Ganesh Peth Sahakarnagar Shaniwar Peth Mangalwar Peth Bhawani Peth Datta Wadi Erandwane Shuvajinagar Bhamburda Pashan Aundh Sangamwadi Dhanori Yerwada Lohagaon Wadgaon Sheri Mundhawa Wanawadi Kondhawa Budhwar Peth Shukrawar Peth Raviwar Peth Nana Peth Guruwar Peth Somwar Peth Dhankawadi Manjari etc The list indicates that Pravati and Kothrud have maximum reservations of 9 reservations whereas Hadapsar have 8 reservations for playgrounds as per the list published in the DP in 1987 Ujjwal Keskar former PMC Corporator and member of City Improvement Committee who had made the last DP in 1987 said ldquoThe situation of enforcing the DP is very pathetic as only 12 per cent of it was enforced by the civic body including the 23 merged villages There is a total area of 2123 hectors reserved for the purpose of play ground and childrenrsquos play grounds in the city The municipal corporation was not serious about the implementation part since last 47 yearsrdquo Keskar referring his updated list of existing playgrounds in the city said ldquoOnly 9 playgrounds out of 174 reservations are in use It also includes 68 playgrounds and 106 childrenrsquos playgrounds in the total 174 playgrounds in the city is the reality of today Citizens should question to the civic body that how can a population touching 40 lakhs can get only 9 play grounds for children and youths in the city to playrdquo Instead of commenting on the Congress stand of doing nothing on enforcing 164 reservation for playground Avinash Bagwe Chairman Sports Committee took a safe stand said ldquoNot acquiring the reservations is a mistake and we need to take these grounds by enforcing the reservations on priority basisrdquo PMC had also made 69 reservations for playgrounds in 23 merged villages in the new DP Keskar said ldquoPMC should take action quickly of land acquisition before anybody could misuse these lands for other purposes The reason is that the villages already have a big number of illegal constructions even on reserved lands for other purposesrdquo Raju Pawar Member PMC Sports Committee said ldquoThe civic body only has Baburao Sanas Ground near Saras Baug Nehru Stadium is another place but it is run by Pune Town Committee not PMC But the 174 reservations of grounds need to be taken overrdquo Aniruddha Pavaskar Executive Engineer DP Cell PMC only said ldquoThere are no changes in the list play grounds and Childrenrsquos play grounds reservations in the city in the new DP Under the provision of Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act citizen can raise this issue and ask for enforcing the prescribed reservation on these reserved grounds In fact the newly made DP for 2007 to 2027 has reservation for the play grounds in all the 23 merged villagesrdquou00a0 The nine PMC playgrounds gtgt Vasantrao Bhagwat Maidan Ground Shanipar Sadashiv Peth gtgtu00a0Lokmanya Nagar Ground now converted into Jogging Track and Park by MHADA gtgtu00a0Swatantryaveer Savarkar Kridangan Sahakarnagar gtgtu00a0Taljai Hills Corporator Subhash Jagtap developed the playground gtgtu00a0Ground plus garden Swami Samarth Udyan Bhawani Peth gtgtu00a0Gymnasium Hall near Palkhi Vithoba Junction Nana Peth gtgtu00a0Small Playground near Daruwala Pul Tilak Ayurved College Somwar Peth gtgtu00a0Ground plus garden near Wadia College and Ruby Hall Clinic gtgtu00a0u00a0Hockey Ground near Khadki off Pune Mumbai Highwayu00a0