India, Oct. 7 -- Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has written to the state's urban development department (UDD), requesting that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) be appointed as the planning authority for preparing the development plan (DP) of the 23 villages merged into the civic limits.

Earlier, the Maharashtra government had designated the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) as the planning authority for these villages and directed it to prepare the DP. The PMRDA began work in 2021 and had almost completed the plan when in July 2025, the state government scrapped it.

In his letter to the UDD principal secretary dated September 9, 2025, Ram stated, "As these areas are part of the PMC, the corporation sho...