Ambegaon taluka in Pune district has received a development allocation of Rs 3.25 crore under the 15th Finance Commission for the 2026-27 financial year, with the funds earmarked for water supply, rural infrastructure, schools, sanitation and watershed works.
The allocation was sanctioned at the Pune Zilla Parishad level, according to Zilla Parishad vice-president Vivek Walse Patil. He said the approval had been secured under the guidance of former cooperation minister Dilip Walse Patil.
The approved works cover several villages across the taluka. At six Zilla Parishad schools in Shinoli, Pimpalgaon Ghode, Gohe Budruk, Jambhori, Tirpad and Taleghar, digital boards costing Rs 1 lakh each will be installed. Other school-related works include Rs 1 lakh for the school at Don Sadakchiwadi and Rs 3 lakh for the school at Mapoli. A further Rs 7 lakh has been allocated for a library at Awasari Budruk.
Water-related works form a significant part of the package. These include Rs 5 lakh for a reverse-osmosis plant at Amonدي, Rs 5 lakh for an RO filter at Ekalhare Fakirwadi, Rs 10 lakh for a water tank at Tambadेमळा and Rs 10 lakh for a public well at Awasari Budruk. The package also includes the deepening of wells at Tirpad Ambawane Vasti, Gohe Budruk Patil Buwachiwadi and other locations, with allocations ranging from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 8 lakh.
The plan also covers basic civic works and public facilities. These include improvements to cremation grounds at Superdhar, Gawadewadi and Tavharewadi; a Rs 4 lakh project for the historic water tank at Don Sadakchiwadi; a Rs 5 lakh toilet unit at Dhamणी; a Rs 5 lakh drainage project in the Nirgudsar Koltawade rehabilitation area; and a Rs 10 lakh road project between Fadaleवाडी and Ugलेवाडी. A drainage project at Nirgudsar Koltawade has been allocated Rs 5 lakh.
Watershed development will receive Rs 25 lakh each for new cement check dams at Lavangav-Gavhali Mala, Gonawadi-Koldara, Mangadwadi-Dangat Vasti, Dhamणी-Donagirimala, Narodi-Kalvat and Pondewadi. These works are intended to support local water conservation infrastructure, although the supplied announcement does not specify construction schedules or implementation agencies for individual projects.
Patil said the package prioritises strengthening drinking-water sources, creating basic facilities within villages and undertaking water-conservation works. He also asked residents to monitor the quality of execution. The announcement does not provide a consolidated project-wise implementation timetable, tender schedule or completion deadline. Those details will determine when the sanctioned works translate into functioning facilities on the ground.