Agency Name: | Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority |
Formed: | 31 March 2015 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Maharashtra |
Headquarters: | Aundh, Pune |
Minister1 Name: | Eknath Shinde |
Minister1 Pfo: | Chief Minister |
Chief1 Name: | Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal |
Chief1 Position: | Metropolitan Commissioner |
Agency Type: | Urban Planning Agency |
Website: | http://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 7256.46sqkm with a population of (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]