Blue Ridge Town Pune

Blue Ridge town is a township built under new township act by Paranjape Developers.[1] Such towns are also known as Integrated townships. It is located in Mulshi taluka of Pune district in Maharashtra state India. Town area is approximately 138 acres and was designed to be a self sufficient town with various amenities available inside the town. Paranjape Developers initiated the project under new township project act of Maharashtra government. Citizens started occupying the houses since 2010.

History

Before the township the area was mostly farm land belonging to farmers of Hinjawadi and Maan villages. The Hinjawadi IT Park a.k.a. Rajiv Gandhi IT Park is located nearby. Paranjape Developers purchased the land for purpose building the township under the new Township Act.

Overview

Maharashtra government came up with new township act to encourage developers to build new township and related infrastructure like roads, water, sewage etc.

Geography

Blue Ridge town is located along Mula river. It is located in west side of Pune city but officially outside the city limits. Nearby villages are Hinjawadi, Maan, Mahalunge, Marunji.

Architecture

Township consists of residential towers and office buildings. It also has mini Golf course and river side lawn.

Education

Blue Ridge public school is located inside the town.[2] School provides primary and secondary education using ICSE curriculum i.e. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE) board commonly known as ICSE.[3]

Transport

Private vehicles is main mode of transport to travel to Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Companies located here typically provided bus service for their employees connecting to various part of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Controversy

As of 2017, there is controversy about official status of the town for governance purpose. Does it belong to nearby Hinjawadi village or is it independent town with separate governing body that officially represents state government. This resulted into legal case between Paranjape builders who currently maintain the township and Hinjawadi Grampanachayat who would like to collect property tax.[4]

References
  1. "Paranjape Blue Ridge - Hinjewadi Pune - Location - Price - Review". home-adda.com.
  2. "Blueridge Public School". blueridgepublicschool.com.
  3. "CBSE or ICSE, What is the difference?". coolg.in.
  4. "Lack of clear rules brings townships,gram panchayats at loggerheads". indianexpress.com. 26 June 2013.

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