Medha Kulkarni flags issues in riverfront project in Pune, warns of ecological impact
Hindustan TimesBharatiya Janata Party leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Medha Kulkarni has raised concerns over Pune’s 44-km-long Mula-Mutha riverfront development project, a move seen as her defiance over the party line. The senior BJP leader, accompanied by Pune municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale, environment department head Sanjay Shinde, environment officer Mangesh Dighe, project consultant team members, and Pune River Revival activists, including Shailaja Deshpande and Prajakta Mahajan, visited the riverfront project site Thursday morning. The riverfront project is a flagship initiative of Pune Municipal Corporation that was controlled by the BJP between 2017 and 2022 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing its groundbreaking ceremony in March 2022. “I will arrange a meeting with divisional commissioner Mahesh Pulkundwarkar, Pune civic chief Bhosale and his Pimpri-Chinchwad counterpart Shekhar Singh, and citizens to address the issues related to the project,” she said, adding that altering the river’s natural course and dumping debris could lead to flood-like situations in the city.
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