Opposition parties in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday boycotted the civic function to hand over a financial assistance of Rs 5 crore to Pune zila parishad to construct water purification plants for the 126 villages along Mutha river. They alleged the ruling NCP hijacked the function by organising it in the party district office at Nisarg Mangal Karyalaya.
Earlier this month, the PMC standing committee had approved the civic administration's proposal to provide financial assistance to the villages for the project. The project was taken up to address the issue of serious health concerns among villagers who used polluted water from the river to meet their demands.
To handover the money, the ruling NCP organised a function, the chief guest for which was NCP MP Supriya Sule. NCP leader Subhash Jagtap invited the elected representatives in the PMC for the function on a short notice.
"The money was handed over at a function that was organised at the district office of NCP. It was inappropriate to organise a civic function at the NCP office," said opposition leaders MNS leader Vasant More, Shiv Sena leader Ashok Harnaval and BJP leader Ashok Yenpure at a joint press conference.
The opposition parties condemns the act and would take up the issue with the municipal commissioner, they said.
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