Anagha Speaks

  पुणे विकास आराखडा - २००७-२७ : हरकती व सूचना १. सर्व पुण्याच्या नागरिकांना existing landuse survey चे रेपोर्ट ताबडतोप उपलब्ध करून द्यावेत. हा रेपोर्ट उपलब्ध नसल्या मुळे विकास आराखड्या मधील   बऱ्याच विशिष्ठ मुद्द्यांवर नागरिकांना कुठलीही हरकत घेणे    किंवा सूचना देणे शक्य होत नहिये. त्या मुळे , हा रेपोर्ट उपलब्ध झाल्या नंतरच हरकती-सूचना घेण्याची मुदत निश्चित करावी ही   आमची मागणी आहे.   २. पुणे विकास आराखडा २००७-२७ ह्यात   UDPFI (Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation), ह्या भारत सरकार ने प्रकाशित केलेल्या कुठल्याही बाबींचा विचार करण्यात आला नहिये. खालील काही ठोस उदाहरणे देऊन ह्या बद्दल आम्ही   तीव्र निषेध व्यक्त करतो:   अ) commercial land use साठी शहरामध्ये ४ ते ५ % जमिनीचे allocation असावे असे UDPFI norms मध्ये नमूद केले असताना , पुण्याच्या   विकास आराखड्या मध्ये फक्त १. ३८ % एवढीच तरतूद का करण्यात आली आहे , ह्याचे स्पष्टीकरण आम्हाला द्यावे , अशी आमची मागणी आहे. commercial activity साठी कमी जागा ...

All Punekars are aware that the buzz is afoot to sanction the Development Plan for the city of Pune in 2013, almost 6 years late! The Plan is now published and open for citizens' suggestions / modifications which need to be filed before 27 April 2013. In one DP related meeting held by Sajag Nagrik Manch and Parivartan, very relevant and critical issues were raised. The most important one from the citizen's side was, if the Government has been taking its time preparing the Development Plan for the past 6 years, why this sudden rush to finish off the process of citizens' suggestions and objections? Are 30 days, effectively only 22 (considering the holidays), enough for the citizens to access the Development Plan, possibly print it out,  locate their own neighborhoods and land holdings and actually see what kind of reservations, if any, are placed that will either benefit/not benefit them in their day-to-day lives and take formal objection with the Government, if not? And,...

Are you staying in a  Male City or a Female City? Too stunned to answer? Well, apparently cities have gender too! And why not, we also have the Male Rains and Female rains, where male rains are the ones that cause damage, while female rains are the ones that nurture crops. Seriously! I am not making this up just for post Women's Day celebrations. When I researched into this, I realised that a city's gender is a very interesting concept to understand the city and its functions. So I thought, lets place some facts regarding a 'He-City' and a 'She-City' and let the people choose to have a He-city or a She-city.  Of course here I am not talking about the city for women as proposed by Saudi Arabia (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187072/Saudi-Arabia-Women-city-planned-allow-more-females-pursue-career.html), which I think is very regressive and can further ghettoise women. I am also not talking about women oriented services like a women's colle...