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Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
पिंपरी-चिंचवड महानगरपालिका
Type
Type
Leadership
Mayor
Nitin Kalje, BJP
Deputy Mayor
Shailaja More, BJP
Commissioner
Dinesh Waghmare
Chairman
TBA
Leader of Opposition
Yogesh Bahl
Structure
Seats 128
Political groups
  BJP: 78 seats
  Shiv Sena: 9 seats
  INC: 0 seats
  NCP: 35 seats
  MNS: 1 seats
  Independents: 5 seat
Elections
Last election
March 2017
Website
www.pcmcindia.gov.in

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (Marathi: पिंपरी-चिंचवड महानगरपालिका) or PCMC is a Municipal Corporation of Pimpri-Chinchwad, in Pune Metro City.

It is an Urban Agglomeration (UA) of Pune. Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is situated on the Old Pune–Mumbai Highway in the heart of Pimpri-Chinchwad which is one and a half hours from Navi Mumbai. Pimpri Chinchwad Council was formed on 4 March 1970 covering area of about 87 km2 which later on was established as Municipal Corporation in 1982, which now covers an area of about 181 square kilometers. As per 2011 census population of Pimpri Chinchwad is 17,29,000 souls growing at a rate of 6% annually, with a national average of 2.1%.

The industrial area of PCMC was started with the established of Hindustan Antibiotics the first pharmaceutical company in the year 1954.On 4 March 1970 by late Annasaheb Magar put the founding stone of PCMC. In the beginning four villages of Pimpri, Chinchwad, Akurdi and Bhosari were merged into this corporation area.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Transport (PCMT) was started in 1974. This is now a part of PMPML (the local transport of Pune Metropolitan Area).

In 1975 the status of this corporation was changed from C to A class. PCMC is considered as richest and one of the fastest growing municipal corporations in Asia.

PCMC undertakes the following schemes:

The BJP won an absolute majority in the 2017 elections, marking the first time the city will have a mayor from the party.



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