While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) road department has been charging the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) ₹2,350 per running metre as charges for excavation plus laying down electrical cables vis-à-vis the ₹6,096 per running metre it charges other government agencies, the civic body has now decided to charge the MSEDCL ₹6,096 per running metre like other government agencies. The road department of the PMC has even tabled a proposal in the standing committee for approval of the new rates for excavation and laying of electrical cables. However, the MSEDCL is now urging the PMC to waive off the excavation charges, saying that it is providing a public service to consumers.
Every year before and after the monsoon, the PMC gives permission to different companies for laying of underground cables.
