India, Dec. 30 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will allocate additional funds to its regional offices to complete essential road, water, and drainage works in the 34 villages recently merged into the city limits. Urgent projects will be prioritised, as decided in a meeting focused on these villages.

After the allocation of around Rs. 400 crore for the development of 34 merged villages in the finance committee meeting, the municipal administration has assigned responsibility for each village to the nearest ward offices. However, regional offices currently handle work only up to Rs.10 lakh, and their budgets mainly cater to older city areas. This has led to delays in addressing complaints from the newly added villages.

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