Pune: More than 30 housing societies and complexes in the Sus Road-Baner area have placed a list of 19 demands before the candidates contesting the Jan 15 poll to the Pune Municipal Corporation. Safer travel and improvements in public transport, augmentation in daily water supply to reduce dependency on tankers, and provision of a police chowky and a CCTV network to boost surveillance are the main focus.Residents have also pushed for better garbage management and closure of the waste plant, and for developing projects like an “oxygen park”. They have demanded the candidates factor in their demands on their agendas.Vinay Deshpande, president of Sus Baner Vikas Manch, and forum secretary Haresh Patil said a detailed discussion was held by members of various housing societies, who came out with many suggestions. After consultations, a 19-point charter was finalised.Among other important issues, residents have sought widening of the service roads along the Sus flyover and strict implementation of “one-way” traffic rules. The forum also highlighted the requirement of widening footpaths on the roads near the Sus flyover and making adequate provision for barricades, speed arrestors, rumble strips, and dealing with blind spots. On the piped gas by MNGL, residents said the connection should be extended to the localities in Baner Annex and Sus Road. Deshpande said the corporators should give top priority to the problems being faced by residents of the Sus area while executing development projects.
