Divse on his part said some solutions will have to found to this problem, especially in the light of the Bombay high court judgement ordering demolition of the illegal structure of a corporator in Phugewadi which is under the jurisdiction of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.

Supporting Band's views on "dissolving PCNTDA," PCMC's co-opted corporator Babu Nair said Pradhikaran has lost its purpose. "It has not lived up to its purpose of developing housing for industrial workers. Pradhikaran was like CIDCO. It was supposed to serve as a role model, but has fared miserably." Nair said since last five years, PCNTDA has no committee. "There is a chairman and six members. But due to some politics, the committee has not been set up so far," said Nair while calling for merging of Pradhikaran with PCMC.

Meanwhile, the PCNTDA will discuss the issue of illegal constructions at its meeting on Thursday. CEO Divse said since they are just getting to know the magnitude of problem, they need time to take a decision. "We will try and find some solution to the issue," he said. Officials said efforts are being made to regularise the structures by imposing fine on the errant residents. "But the problem is that the structures cannot be regularised under gunthewari which is only applicable to the civic body. That means, the Pradhikaran will have to be merged with PCMC so as to legalise the structures," officials said.

(With inputs from Avinash Chilekar)