Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA)
Agency overview
Formed 31st March, 2015
Type Urban Planning Agency
Jurisdiction Government of Maharashtra
Headquarters Aundh, Pune
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Kiran Gitte, Metropolitan Commissioner
Website http://www.pmrda.gov.in

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.[1] It was notified in the year 2015 and has a jurisdictional area of 7,256.46 km2 (2,801.73 sq mi)[2] with a population of 72.76 Lakhs[3] (approximately), making it the largest urban unit in Maharashtra.[4]

PMRDA covers entire Talukas of Pune city, 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. The greatest advantage of PMRDA is that most of its area falls under Greenfield development.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ↑ "Expansion plans: PMRDA wants 800 villages within limits". The Indian Express. Mumbai. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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