PMC: Petrol pump land can’t be used for any other purpose

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday issued a press release stating that it would not allow petrol pump owners in the city to use existing petrol pump land for purposes like building commercial complexes.

City engineer Prashant Waghmare, in the press release, said that as the ratio of petrol pumps and vehicle numbers is uneven, petrol pumps are needed in the city limits.Recently, it was found that many pump owners were closing petrol pumps and erecting commercial complexes to ca…