Encouraged by extension of the deadline to September 21, citizen groups are now gearing up to utilise the extended period for filing the most number of suggestions. After dna’s campaign, the online suggestions for the participatory budget increased and the number of suggestions crossed the 650 mark on Tuesday.
Earlier, the deadline for filing suggestions for participatory budget was September 10, however the Pune Municipal Commissioner (PMC) extended the deadline for filing the forms to September 21.
Citizen groups have already started preparing a plan to increase participation for the exercise.
Aundh Vikas Mandal held a meeting on Tuesday and chalked out a plan to prioritise the work to be suggested through participatory budget.
The members included Girish Deshpande, Nagesh Chavan and Rohini Nagwankar from panel 8, Dorothy Mascarenhas and Vaishali Patkar from panel 7 and Dhananjay Rao, Sarayu Sanghavi and Veena Agarwal from panel 9.
After the brainstorming session, members of the committee listed 15 points that are needed in different panels of Aundh area.
The members have listed four common works that need to be carried out in all the panels.
Deshpande said, “The four common works include public toilets, bus stop refurbishment with display of bus stop name, bus routes with timings and footpaths and steel bollards on footpaths to prevent parking on footpaths. Now our members will be creating awareness in their respective panels and they will encourage citizens to file the maximum suggestions based on these common points.”
Naim Keruwala, project consultant for Janwani, who is promoting the participatory budget concept said, “Till last week there were around 150 online suggestions. But the number has started going up and till Tuesday, there were 650 online suggestions.”
Keep track of projects
If you want to track the works included in last year’s budget under participatory budget, you can go through Pune Municipal Corporation’s budget. It has a separate section on participatory budget and in case of any assistance, citizens can contact Janwani that has partnered with dna. They will help track the works for their respective prabhags.
On Twitter too
You can follow @dnaofpune and @PuneBudget
on Twitter for all the latest updates on participatory budget.
All the answers you wanted
Why take part in Participatory Budget?
This process helps citizens voice their opinion and decide on how to allocate part of the municipal budget for betterment of their neighborhood. Rs50 lakh allocated under the participatory budget for your locality are over and above the money the corporator is allocated towards development work in your prabhag. For each prabhag, a total of Rs50 lakh has been allotted towards participatory budget with each work not exceeding Rs5 lakh.
What is the last date for submitting applications?
The last date is September 21, 2013.
How can you apply for the same?
Citizens can submit their suggestions in three ways:
* Visit your ward office, take the participatory budget form, fill it up and submit it there
* Download the participatory budget form from www.punecorporation.org fill it up and submit it in your ward office
* If you don’t have time for any of the above, the process is simple: Log on. Visit www.punecorporation.org and on the Home page click on ‘E application for Participatory budget 2014-15’ option and submit your
suggestions online. Direct link: http:
//115.113.150.204:8080/EbudgetingProject2013/
Do not miss this workshop today
Today there will be a workshop on the participatory budget organised by dna in association with Bavdhan Senior Citizens’ Group. Citizens from nearby areas are invited to attend.
Venue: Haridwaar Bungalow in Aamchi Colony near Nebula Hotel in Bavdhan
Time: 5.15 pm
Date: September 10
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