The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), which distributed 350,000 physical forms to societies in the city earlier this week for its ‘Pune Smart City Challenge- Stage 2’, has collected suggestions from over 125,000 families in a week, reports TOI. The form, which includes filling out details like name, gender, pin code, email ID and mobile number, also has two questions which ask: - What should be the vision for Pune? - What are the 3 big issues you currently face in the city? The initiatives are also accessible online through http://punesmartcity.in/ and http://smartcity.punecorporation.org/ where users can fill those details to submit the form. According to the TOI report, an additional 12,000 people have submitted these forms online. The drive to collect this info will go on till Monday. Topping the list of Pune citizens’ concerns are environment and cleanliness and issues like water supply, traffic and transport will also be featured in the draft vision document. The PMC’s initiative, has of course, faced issues and more along the way, which the Municipal commissioner Kunal Kumar said would be addressed. Scenes at my data entry Center at 6 am today..Wow! Hats off to these young volunteers.. pic.twitter.com/v4obMZXmmB — Kunal Kumar (@KunalKumarPMC) September 25, 2015 Late last month, the Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu approved 98 cities of the initially submitted 100 cities, to participate in the Government’s smart city plan for the country. According to the minister, these 98 cities covered a population of 13 crore people or around 35% of…
