Ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the city to inaugurate various civic projects, the ruling BJP in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday sanctioned infrastructure projects worth Rs 2,500 crore in the Standing Committee ahead of the PMC polls. The approvals come only three weeks before the end of the BJP’s five-year term in the civic body.
Modi will be visiting the city on March 6 to inaugurate multiple civic projects as well as the Pune Metro rail. “We have given the go-ahead for the implementation of mega infrastructure projects worth Rs 2,500 crore. We are committed to the development and complete makeover of the city,” said Hemant Rasane, BJP leader and chairperson of the standing committee.
