Judging by its recent actions concerning heritage sites, it seems the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is engaging in doublespeak. On one hand it organises a seminar on ‘economics of heritage conservation’, while on the other it continues work on a grade separator at S G Barve chowk near Pataleshwar caves in Shivajinagar despite objection from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Conservation conversation:u00a0Mayor Vaishali Bankar and Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Pathak at the Economics of Heritage seminar held in the city in December 2012