Pune to have three new municipal companies, says DCM Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday (August 8, 2025) steered the creation of three new Municipal Companies (MC) in Pune’s suburbs, together with Hinjewadi, Chakan, and Phursungi areas, citing speedy urbanisation of suburbs and the necessity for higher administration of civic points.

“I’ll be sure that separate municipal companies are created for the areas outdoors Pune Metropolis. A MC for protecting Uruli Devachi, Phursungi, Loni Kalbhor, Manjari, and Wagholi, one other for Hinjewadi and surrounding areas, and the Chakan space,” stated Mr. Pawar, who can also be the Guardian Minister of Pune, including it’s a want of the longer term and has to adapt with time. 

Whereas talking at a evaluate assembly within the Chakan space of Pune district, Mr. Pawar identified that deliberate growth might be achieved with new municipal companies in place, saying infrastructure work can happen and assist in navigating visitors congestion as it would permit highway widening and accommodate the wants of a rising inhabitants. 

Days in the past, Mr. Pawar highlighted the visitors woes and poor civic administration within the Hinjewadi space of Pune, which is an IT hub, citing that the IT firms are transferring out. These areas, together with the economic city of Chakan, witnessed heavy visitors inflicting inconvenience to IT professionals, which additionally led to a web-based marketing campaign for a merger with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company (PCMC). In response to Mr. Pawar, the speedy urbanisation has additionally elevated the load on the Pune Municipal Company (PMC), below which the Phursungi space falls. Former Guardian Minister of Pune, Chandrakant Patil, additionally made an analogous demand of getting separate municipal companies for areas in Pune in 2024, citing problem in catering to giant areas below a single municipal company. 

Reflecting on the factors that areas having a inhabitants above 5 lakhs can have a municipal company, Mr. Pawar stated, “Thane district had just one municipal company, with time Mira-Bhayandar MC, Ulhas Nagar MC, Navi Mumbai MC have been carved, an analogous factor was executed with the Vasai Virar area of Palghar district. Updating areas to MC may help us with the right implementation of civic options and obtain funds from the Centre and outdoors companies to assist the event.