Pune Set For Major Expansion As 23 Villages To Get Integrated Development; 15 Big Town Planning Schemes Fast

CM Fadnavis orders PMC to prepare development plan, transfer of building-permit powers clears way for smoother urban growth.

Pune is headed for a massive expansion, with the state government approving an ambitious push to develop 23 merged villages under 15 large Integrated Town Planning (ITP) schemes. The move, described by officials as building “another Pune inside Pune,” aims to provide urban-level facilities in rapidly growing fringe areas struggling under population pressure, industrialisation and real-estate activity.

At a high-level meeting chaired in Nagpur, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to immediately prepare a development plan for all 23 villages merged into city limits in 2021. He also sought fixed timelines for completing the 1