PUNE | September 11, 2026 — Pune Mayor Manjusha Nagpure sought a detailed explanation from the municipal administration on road repairs, funding and infrastructure in newly incorporated villages after councillors raised the death of a 16-year-old girl in an accident on the Katraj-Kondhwa road. However, the administration’s response at the Pune Municipal Corporation’s general body meeting did not address the four specific points raised by the mayor, according to a report by Loksatta.
The issue was raised at the beginning of Thursday’s meeting, held at the Hindvi Swarajya auditorium in the Pune civic body’s new building. Members of the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena (Thackeray) questioned the administration over the road accident and the condition of the Katraj-Kondhwa route.
Municipal city engineer Aniruddha Pawaskar presented the administration’s clarification during the meeting. Before the explanation began, Mayor Nagpure directed the administration to respond specifically on four matters related to road infrastructure and funding.
The mayor asked how much money would be required to provide roads, footpaths and other essential facilities in the villages recently brought within the municipal limits. She also sought details of the provision made for these works in the civic body’s current-year budget.
The other questions concerned implementation capacity and existing road repairs. Nagpure asked whether it would be possible to construct all the required roads at the same time and how much funding would be needed to repair roads that already exist.
According to Loksatta, the administration’s response lasted about 45 minutes but did not directly address the four points raised by the mayor. The meeting therefore ended without the requested clarification on the scale of funding required, the budget allocation available or the feasibility of completing the road works simultaneously.
