DNA: Pune: Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
Pune
Municipal Corporation (PMC) has collected a total of Rs30.80-crore fine from
five mobile phone service provider companies in June for digging various roads
to lay cables without seeking permission from the civic authorities.
The
information was revealed in response to a query under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act sought by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena worker Kalpesh Yadav of
Vimannagar corner in Wadgaonsheri.
“I observed
that digging of roads for cable laying was going on the stretch near my house,
on Pune-Ahmednagar road, the road from Kharadi bypass to Mundhwa bridge and the
one from Ramwadi to Airport. I filed an application under RTI and the PMC
officials informed me that they had granted permission to dig 600-m-long
stretch of Ahmednagar Road, “ Yadav said.
Accompanied
by Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and civic
officials, Yadav found that the length of dug-up road was more than what was
granted.
PMC project
management cell swung into action and its technical director incharge issued
notices to five mobile companies between June 6-18.
A civic
official said, “Before issuing notices, we had sought explanation from the
mobile companies. However, most did not submit their rejoinders in time.
Therefore, we sought legal opinion and imposed penalty on them. None of them
have paid the amount yet. We will take stringent action if they fail to pay up.”
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