The Golden Sparrow on Saturday 24/10/2014

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City BJP MLAs to target traffic, safety issues ASHOK BHAT @ashok_bhat

for 2014-19

ANIRUDDHA RAJANDEKAR

Maharashtra, which historically has been progressive, reformist and economically-dynamic, suffers from serious deficiencies: High poverty levels among 20% of the population, continuing neglect of healthcare and school education and extreme regional disparities. The state now stands on the threshold of change under a new government. The priorities listed in the Pune International Centre’s ‘Progressive Maharashtra’ report merit our attention. See Spotlight on P7 INSIDE

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For the first time in Pune’s history, all six MLAs from the city now belong to the BJP, in addition to the MLAs from Hadapsar (Shirur Lok Sabha constituency) and Khadakwasla (Baramati LS constituency). These MLAs now stand empowered with their party set to form the government in Maharashtra. At the Centre, it is once again prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led government which is at the helm of affairs. The elected BJP MLAs feel that this leadership role at the state and national levels will give them a big boost in addressing the critical issues facing Pune city. Their primary goal would be to improve Pune’s infrastructure, address the problem of traffic congestion and provide better security to the citizens. Re-elected from Kasba Peth, Girish Bapat is the senior-most BJP MLA who has been in the state assembly for the last 20 years. Vijay Kale, who dislodged Congress’s Vinayak Nimhan from the Shivajinagar constituency, was member of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for 20 years and has also worked as chairman of the Maharashtra Housing and Regional Development Authority (MHADA- Pune region) for five years.

Worsening traffic congestion in Pune needs to be addressed on priority

Dilip Kamble, elected for the second time as MLA, was minister of state for social welfare during 1995-99, while Madhuri Misal and Bhimrao Tapkir are second-term MLAs. The other MLAs, Medha Kulkarni, Jagdish Mulik and Yogesh Tilekar are serving corporators at the PMC. These MLAs said that even as they would seek to focus on Pune’s traffic issues, the cooperation from the NCPCongress, which controls the PMC, would be vital in getting projects off the ground. On their part, the BJP MLAs would

be proactive in getting swift clearances from the state government for issues concerning Pune, such as additional funds or implementation of the CCTV project for Pune city. “Traffic congestion in Pune is a serious issue and this will be one of our priorities,” Vijay Kale said, echoing the view of his fellow MLAs. Former minister Dilip Kamble said the administration works at a faster pace when approached with a solution in hand. This would be the approach on a number of pending issues, he said. ashok.bhat21@gmail.com


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