In a press release, Congress spokesperson Gopal Tiwari urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to fill up vacant posts of two Additional Municipal Commissioners in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). He said the posts have been vacant since April 2024.
“Since PMC is under administrative rule, the municipal commissioner is under a lot of work pressure. Therefore, the only Additional Commissioner, Prithviraj BP, is in charge of all the departments of the municipal corporation. Since Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) Managing Director Deepa Mudhol-Munde is currently in Mussoorie for training, the additional charge of PMPML has also been given to Prithviraj BP,” Tiwari said.
He also claimed that due to the absence of two Additional Commissioners, the files of many departments such as health, sanitation, encroachment, water supply and sewage are pending, and citizens are needlessly suffering.
The Congress leader also took a dig at CM Fadnavis and said that he shouldn’t use his post for “political scheming”.
Meanwhile, Jitendra Dudi, previously the Satara district collector, has been appointed as the new Pune district collector. Dr Suhas Diwase, who was the Pune district collector, has been promoted to secretary in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and appointed as the state’s Jamavbandi commissioner.
Interestingly, Dudi’s brother-in-law, Shekhar Singh, serves as the commissioner of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). His wife Aanchal Dalal, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is currently posted with the State Reserve Force (SRPF) in Pune.
