Elected
members and a Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) official will leave for a
week-long study tour of Japan on May 25. During the visit, they will
study development projects and attend a conference on infrastructure
development.
The civic body had organised a study tour to South Korea last year. The tour drew flak from activists and citizens alike for its extravagant expenses on corporators who took their family members along. "No family members of elected members will go to Japan because there is no such invitation," said Bapu Karne, chairman of PMC standing committee.
"The group includes leaders of all political parties in the house, the mayor and a PMC official. The standing committee on Tuesday gave its approval to bear expenses of the civic body official, while the corporators will have to fund their own expenses," said Karne.
The Okayama-Pune friendship park, developed by the PMC, was inaugurated in January 2006.
The Japanese-style park is spread on four hectares of land inside the P L Deshpande garden on Sinhagad Road. Designed by a Japanese architect, the park is developed on the lines of a famous garden in Okayama.
To improve relations between Pune and Okayama, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between the two cities on the inaugural day of the conference.
The civic body had organised a study tour to South Korea last year. The tour drew flak from activists and citizens alike for its extravagant expenses on corporators who took their family members along. "No family members of elected members will go to Japan because there is no such invitation," said Bapu Karne, chairman of PMC standing committee.
"The group includes leaders of all political parties in the house, the mayor and a PMC official. The standing committee on Tuesday gave its approval to bear expenses of the civic body official, while the corporators will have to fund their own expenses," said Karne.
The Okayama-Pune friendship park, developed by the PMC, was inaugurated in January 2006.
The Japanese-style park is spread on four hectares of land inside the P L Deshpande garden on Sinhagad Road. Designed by a Japanese architect, the park is developed on the lines of a famous garden in Okayama.
To improve relations between Pune and Okayama, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between the two cities on the inaugural day of the conference.
No comments:
Post a Comment