Theme's green as PMC okays DP for 23 fringe villages. From: Times of India (New Delhi, India) | Date: March 23, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Times of India. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mar. 23--PUNE, India -- For 83,000 Punekars in 23 villages, life is set to take on a different hue. A "green" development plan (DP) for these 23 fringe villages has finally been adopted.

The general body (GB) meeting of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday approved the "green" DP, for which these people have been fighting for years. The six-hour-long meeting, which continued till 10.45 pm, ruled that all hills in these villages be acquired by the PMC and used f...