Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority
Agency overview
Formed31 March 2015
TypeUrban Planning Agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Maharashtra
HeadquartersAundh, Pune
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal, Metropolitan Commissioner
Websitehttp://www.pmrda.gov.in

Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority is the planning and development authority for the Pune Metropolitan Region. It was notified in the year 2015 and has a jurisdictional area of 7,256.46 km2 (2,801.73 sq mi) with a population of 7.276 million (approximately), it is the 2nd largest urban unit in Maharashtra.[1][2][3][4]

The authority covers the entire talukas of Pune, Maval, Mulshi, Haveli and parts of Bhor, Daund, Shirur, Chakan, Purandar and Velhe. It has been set up as a legally empowered and a self-financing corporate body by the Urban Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra.[5]

  1. ^ "Expansion plans: PMRDA wants 800 villages within limits". The Indian Express. Mumbai. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ Nambiar, Nisha (17 November 2019). "6 months on, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority's demand for water stuck". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ "PMRDA to use Swiss help to build carbon-neutral township". @businessline. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ^ Nambiar, Nisha (19 November 2019). "PMRDA receives ten proposals from citizens to have townships". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2020.