Work on Pune Metro -PVPCOA

Following is work on Impact of Metro on Pune Urban fabric by our college students

A so called 'Jansunavni', Lies & Future of Pune Metro

'Jansunavni' held at Pune Municipal Corporation on 23rd June was a 'Big event', attended by many citizens, NGOs, DMRC officials, politians etc. As per all the Media, the next days newspapers claimed it to be huge sucess. Many political parties supported the Metro project & have given green signal to it based upon the poor quality DPR.
All this is a big 'Lie'. Many of us who attended the 'Jansunawni' know what happend. Many Citizes, PTC & other activists openly opposed the Metro project in its current form proposed. People were not given enough time to speak. The question & answers session was a big joke. Mr Sharma from DMRC was totally unaware of situations in Pune city & most of his answers were not satisfactory !
Still.............., our political parties passed our Metro project ! So even as things are claimed to be hunky dory, the Future of this huge project is in air. Maybe people who supported Pune Metro in its current form shall be in state of shock when the Project starts!
God help Pune Metro !!
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Ar B.V Doshi, the Doyen of Indian Architecture on Pune Metro

Doyen of Indian Architecture , Ar B V Doshi visited PVP College of Architecture on 12th June 2010. Apart from aprreciating the effort taken by the Student's on Metro Project, Ar Doshi discussed the project at lenghts with the Students & Staff. Discouraging the way in which DMRC has laid metro on Jungli Maharaj road, Ar Doshi gave an idea of routing the Metro corridor along already existing River spine on Pune, which can also be integrated with the open spaces proposed along river front. The'River Metro' shall not interfere with the existing urban fabric of Pune & also give a very'Scenic View' along the route, he remarked. Now it is upon our able admistrators, the PMC & State Govt of Maharashtra to take such valuable advice coming from the Greatest Architect of India, in the right spirit or to go their own way & destroy the City of Pune.

'Nod for Metro' from PMC- Is there an action plan ?

It is said that , The mega 'Pune Metro' project of Rs 2281 crores will be given an easy' Nod' by the General Body of Pune Municipal Corporation on June 5 2010.

The question is ' Is there a blueprint or an action plan ready with the authorities to go forward with such a 'Huge' Project! Or is there one 'Big Confusion' ?

Refer Articles below.......!

Elevated Metro Impact in Bangalore & same fate of Pune

Bangalore, one of the most beautiful cities & fast developing city in India is getting its Elevated Metro. Although seen as the latest symbol of development, ( much praised by BMRCL in their website & where private land aquisition is claimed to be just 12%) , the elevated metro in real life is impacting the urban fabric in a dangerous way.

The photos below are an example.....!

Do we want the same to Happen to our very own Pune ????

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Metro related Events Sequence

Since PVP College of Architecture - 4th yr Students , did the study for the proposed Metro project in Pune, lot of water has passed under the bridge.

Various technical organizations in Pune came together to form the Pune Technical Collation (PTC), which first presented the lacunas in the Metro project to Pune Municipal Corporation. Pune Metro Jagruti Abhiyan of the various NGOs & concerned Citizens took up this studies to reach out to the citizens of Pune & pressurise the PMC to rethink, the way in which Metro project is proposed to being carried out.

Following is the Chronology of these events:

Sequence of Events
PVPCOA + IUDI + MCCIA - JANWANI to Formation of PTC ( Pune Technical Collation )

17th April Formation of Pune Metro Jagruti Abhiyan
( a Collation of NGO’s for out reach to Citizens )

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We are for Metro but our Resolution is

We are not against Metro project in Pune, as it is widely claimed by the PMC & Media. We as a part of the united group of Technical bodies of many professional organizations of Architects, Engineers, Planners, Urbandesigners, Landscape architects & Developers (called the PTC) have jointly studied the DMRC proposal & its lacunas & have submitted an endorsed 'Objection Resolution' to the Pune Municipal Corporation which is as follows: