Geographical assessment of urban utilities in Pune Municipal Corporation region with changing urban population

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Introduction Present research paper deals with urban utilities in urban area and how the changing population effects on distribution of utility services. Municipal Corporation is one of the urban body who deals with urban planning and administration of particular area. Urbanization is broadly defined as a growth of towns and increasing ratio of rural to urban population of a country. The sheer magnitude of the urban population, haphazard and unplanned growth of urban areas and a desperate lack of infrastructure are the main causes of such a situation. The rapid growth of urban population both natural and through migration has put heavy pressure on public utilities like housing, sanitation, transport, water, electricity, education, health and so on. Utility services itself explain the services which we are utilizing for the wellbeing of human population. Urban area is differing from rural area because of its service providing nature. Good transportation system, electricity, water supply, proper urban land use, education, recreation, health and sanitation, etc. Standard or quality of city has been determined by the status of these services. The maximum satisfaction from consuming goods or services is also considered as utility service. Utilization of something, in practical sense its use. Literature review Deshpande C.D. (1975) has observed this process in India in the form of ribbon development along the main roads, railway lines and beaches, planned rail-linked suburbs and their expansion, working class migrations to industrial centers, shanty towns and strip slums. Sokhi and Rashid (1999) studied the landuse and landcover mapping in urban areas using aerial photographs and satellite imageries of Jaipur (1983 & 1989), Coimbatore (1984), Ujjain (1985), Delhi (1987), Dehradun (1989), Bangalore (1994) and Jammu (1995), on the basis of urban sprawl analysis of these cities they concluded that human settlements are tend to expand in all directions of favourable conditions. Prasad et al. (2001) worked on urban sprawl for Hyderabad city and its environs. He applied Shannon’s entropy approach to measure the degree of spatial concentration of geographical variables and demonstrated the utility of entropy approach to identify, measure and monitor spatio-temporal patterns of urban sprawl. Shekhar Sulochana (2005) emphasized the significance of remote sensing as source of information and GIS as powerful technologies for analyzing spatial and non-spatial data in urban sprawl of Pune city. Datta Pranati (2006) worked on Indian urbanization, and number of population residing in urban areas has increased from 2.58 crores in 1991 to 28.53 crores in 2001. India is one among the country of low level of urbanization. In 2001, 306.9 million Indians were living in nearly 3700 towns and cities spread across the country, and it is expected to increase to over 533 million by 2021 respectively. In India, urbanization has been relatively slow compared to many developing countries. Only 28% of population was living in urban areas as per 2001 census. Bhailume S. (2011) worked on ‘An Assessment of Urban Sprawl using GIS and Remote Sensing Technique; A Case Study of Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad Area’. He emphasised on how RS-GIS techniques can be helpful to find out urban sprawl in Pune and PimpriChinchwad Area. Anushree Kadam (2014) worked on urban sprawl and urban utility services in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). In her research she highlights on urban land use changes among four administrative regions with some basic utility services. Study Area Pune is the eighth largest city in India in terms of both population and GDP driven by rapid urbanization. Pune’s population will grow up from 5.5 million to 7.7 million by 2030 and it will create severe strain on core urban infrastructure. Previous to 1950, the Pune city Municipality and Pune Suburban Municipality governed the city of Pune. Since the population of the both these Municipalities reached a considerable number, the State Government constituted the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on 15th February 1950. The Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, governs it. Now, the administrative wing of PMC is divided into 14 administrative wards and those wards are maintaining some prime functional departments. Pune Municipal Corporation is located in Pune District in western region in Maharashtra state between 17°50′ North to 19°24′ North latitude and 73°19′ East to 75°10′ East longitudes. The city is located to the South-East of Mumbai at an elevation of 560 m above mean sea level. The total area of PMC is 243.96 km2. When the Pune Municipal Corporation set up in 1951 it catered to a total population of 4.85 lakhs. The main reasons for a significant change in the population size from 1920 to 1950 were increase in employment and business opportunities after the World War II, large-scale migration from Pakistan after partition and from other neighboring countries. Total population of PMC is increases from 1951 to 2011, in 1951 it was 488,419 and in next six decades it is observed that the population increases in every decade. In 2011, total population of PMC is 3 124 458. From 1951 to 2011 various changes are occur in PMC and this quick changes plays vital role to make over the cities old identity ‘Pensioners Pune’ to ‘IT Pune’. Methodology The present work covers Pune Municipal Corporation area in Maharashtra India. The methodology adopted for the present study is divided into pre-field interpretation, preliminary interpretation and post-field verification and interpretation of data phases. Library work includes exhaustive literature survey of the topic of investigation has been undertaken. Published literature, reports also collected from various libraries, institutes; Government Departments, etc. Pre-field phaseincludes collection of different maps, Satellite imageries and topographical maps. Collection of non-spatial data, utility services data details will be obtained from PMC. Fieldphases included various visit to the study area and its fringe areas in different seasons, GPS surveys, instrumental surveys, photographs, questionnaire surveys, etc. Laboratory work includes the digitization of various layers, preparation of maps and other GIS/RS techniques. i.e., georeferencing, digitization, attribution, data attachment, overlay analysis, supervised and unsupervised classification, final layouts of different maps. Data Collection The data required for the present study is as follows. Segment Type of Data Source Spatial data SOI Toposheets - scale 1:25000, 1:50000 Survey of India Satellite data for different periods National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad (NRSC) Non-spatial data Utility services from various wards Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Ward wise population data PMC and Census 2001 & 2011 and later Ward wise questionnaire Information by Field Investigation Data Analysis Data analysis will be carried out in following wanner. DATA Spatial Data Non-Spatial Data Satellite Imageries Toposheets PMC Utility Data Scanning Georeferencing Urban Parameters Mapping Georeferencing Vectorization Soft Copy Normalization Data Base Generation Data Attachment Other Attributes Population Growth Utility Services Flowchart of Methodology 1. Administrative Wards of PMC 2. General Wards of PPMMCC Figure 1. Location of Study Area Population of PMC Table 1 Sr. No Ward name Total Geographical Area km2 TGA in % Population, 2001 Population, 2011 Population District (%) 2001 Population District (%) 2011 1 Aundh 40.75 16.17 175 755 181 124 7.4 5.8 2 B.S. Dhole Patil 14.64 6 154 919 155 413 6.53 4.97 3 Bhavani Peth 2.9 1.18 160 504 192 932 6.76 6.17 4 Bibvewadi 18.35 7.52 174 811 291 446 7.36 9.33 5 Dhankawadi 10.84 4.44 151 692 236 648 6.39 7.57 6 Ghole Road 12.76 5.23 198 286 171 678 8.35 5.49 7 Hadapsar 24.78 10.15 123 288 324 751 5.19 10.39 8 Karve Road 16.26 6.66 171 632 209 331 7.23 6.7 9 Kasba Vishrambagh 5 2.04 211 388 178 484 8.9 5.71 10 Sahakarnagar 9.2 3.77 166 902 205 441 7.03 6.58 11 Sangamwadi 29.44 12.06 166 364 261 957 7.01 8.38 12 Tilak Road 14.71 6.02 175 112 242 290 7.38 7.75 13 Warje Karvenagar 15.23 6.24 140 250 233 399 5.91 7.47 14 Yerawada 29.1 11.92 203 110 239 564 8.56 7.67 Total 243.96 2 374 013 3 124 458 Source: Census of India and PMC. Results In the present study three urban services namely Property Tax collection, e-Suvidha and Blood distribution has been considered. Administrative ward wise population and number of services has been shown in the tables and maps as below. Property-Tax Pay Offices in PMC Table 2 Sr. No Ward name Area in km2 Population, 2011 Tax Pay Office 1 Aundh 40.75 181 124 6 2 B.S. Dhole Patil 14.64 155 413 3 3 Bhavani Peth 2.90 192 932 4 4 Bibvewadi 18.35 291 446 5 5 Dhankawadi 10.84 236 648 4 6 Ghole Road 12.76 171 678 12 7 Hadapsar 24.78 324 751 5 8 Karve Road 16.26 209 331 4 9 Kasba Vishrambagh 5.00 178 484 2 10 Sahakarnagar 9.20 205 441 5 11 Sangamwadi 29.44 261 957 4 12 Tilak Road 14.71 242 290 5 13 Warje Karvenagar 15.23 233 399 2 14 Yerawada 29.10 239 564 4 Total 243.96 3 124 458 65 Source: Census of India, PMC and field visits. Figure 2. Maha e-Suvidha Center in PMC Table 2 and figure 2 shows the ward wise numbers of Property Tax Pay Office in Pune Municipal Corporation. Property Tax collection is revenue collection, which is one of the main source that helps to allocate various budget allocation in next financial year. Property Tax is pay for one time overall the year. Online pay mode is also available to people, but minimum numbers of people has knowledge about the online transaction. Most of people directly go to the Property Tax Pay Office to pay the tax amount. Due to minimum numbers of those offices, peoples face inconvenience in those days. Hence, to take out from this inconvenience, there is need to focused on number of Property Tax Pay Office. Ghole Road administrative ward has maximum numbers of Property Tax Pay Office. As compare with other 13 administrative wards, Ghole Road ward has maximum number of government offices like Pune Municipal Corporation Main Building, Akashvani, Shivajinagar Court, as well as Sambhaji Udyan, British Library, International Convention Center, Agriculture College. Due to this influence, this ward has maximum Property Tax Pay Office, i.e. 12. Total population of this ward as on 2011 is 171 678, hence the number of Property Tax Pay Offices is not sufficient but agreeable. Kasba Vishrambagh and Warje Karvenagar this administrative ward has only two Property Tax Pay Offices. Kasba Vishrambagh ward has total population as on 2011 is 178 484 and Warje Karvenagar ward has total population as on 2011 is 233 399, hence the number of Property Tax Pay Office is not enough in both of this ward. Facilities with internet and various software attracts people to participate at their convenience time. In earlier period there was time restrictions as well as time consumption for such services. e-Suvidha is an e-governance package, designed for community information centers of states of India. This web-enabled software is developed to automate a number of citizen-centric services being delivered by the district/block administration. This brings in transparency to the process of providing services at the local level and reduces harassment of the citizens. These all centres are equipped with computer and communication infrastructure and allow the local population to get connected with the digital world. Government of Maharashtra has implemented a National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) to provide government services to the common people at their doorstep and at an affordable cost. With an aim to bring transparency in the system and establish citizen centric governance. Maha e-Suvidha provides a one-stop interface to citizen to interact with government departments. This center provides several internet/online enables facilities to the urban citizens under one roof. Table 3 illustrates the ward wise numbers of e-Suvidha centers in Pune Municipal Corporation. This Maha e-Suvidha centers provide many governments recognize services like Pan Card, Reshan Card, Shop Act, Aadhar Card, Smart Card, Gazette, Income Certificate, Domical Certificate, Cast Certificates, Voter Id Card, Gap Certificate, all types of affidavits, Live and Death Certificate, Light Bill, Phone Bill, LIC premium, etc. In Pune Municipal Corporation Tilak Road and Hadapsar this two administrative wards have maximum numbers of Maha e-Suvidha centers. Tilak Road has 15 e-Suvidha centers where Hadapsar has 14 e-Suvidha centers. Hadapsar Administrative ward has largest population in PMC, i.e. 324 751, hence total population of this ward and the number of e-Suvidha centers ratio is agreeable level. Aundh, Bibvewadi and Sangamwadi this three administrative wards have minimum numbers of e-Suvidha centers, i.e. 3. In PMC, Bibvewadi administrative ward is known for the migrate people. Many people of this ward are migrate from various parts of Maharashtra and India. This ward has several activities related construction business, hence there is need of skill and non-skill people for those construction business. People from out of this area migrate here for job availability and low rent houses in slum area. Most of this people are illiterate and unknown about government facilities. Hence less demands of governmental documents from such peoples and local politician’s ignorance Bibvewadi ward has only 3 e-Suvidha center. e-Suvidha Centers in PMC Table 3 Sr. No Ward name Area in km2 Population, 2011 e-Suvidha Center 1 Aundh 40.75 181 124 3 2 B.S. Dhole Patil 14.64 155 413 6 3 Bhavani Peth 2.90 192 932 5 4 Bibvewadi 18.35 291 446 3 5 Dhankawadi 10.84 236 648 6 6 Ghole Road 12.76 171 678 6 7 Hadapsar 24.78 324 751 14 8 Karve Road 16.26 209 331 4 9 Kasba Vishrambagh 5.00 178 484 5 10 Sahakarnagar 9.20 205 441 7 11 Sangamwadi 29.44 261 957 3 12 Tilak Road 14.71 242 290 15 13 Warje Karvenagar 15.23 233 399 4 14 Yerawada 29.10 239 564 7 Total 243.96 243.96 88 Source: Field work. Blood is universally recognized as the most precious element that sustains life. It saves innumerable lives across the world in a variety of conditions. A blood bank is a place designed especially for the storage of blood and blood products. The term ‘blood bank’ typically refers to a division of a hospital laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper testing is performed to reduce the risk of transfusion related events. Blood bank accepts the donated blood. A person or a hospital can request the blood from the blood bank when they need. Seeker can get the desired blood group from blood bank (Kulkshreshtha Vikas et al., 2012). Pune city is well known for its medical facilities. Multispecialty Hospitals, 24 hour open hospitals, use of modern technologies in medical treatment, highly qualified and experienced medical staff this are the significance of medical facilities of PMC. Ambulance service, medical stores, surgical equipment providers, blood banks this services are directly involving in medical services. Blood banks are including in and as an emergency service. Most of the hospitals in the Pune city have their own blood bank. Figure 3. e-SUVIDHA center in PMC area Figure 4. Blood bank in PMC area Blood banks in PMC Table 4 Sr. No Ward Name Area km2 Population, 2011 Blood Bank 1 Aundh 40.75 181 124 5 2 B.S. Dhole Patil 14.64 155 413 3 3 Bhavani Peth 2.90 192 932 3 4 Bibvewadi 18.35 291 446 2 5 Dhankawadi 10.84 236 648 2 6 Ghole Road 12.76 171 678 4 7 Hadapsar 24.78 324 751 3 8 Karve Road 16.26 209 331 3 9 Kasba Vishrambagh 5.00 178 484 4 10 Sahakarnagar 9.20 205 441 6 11 Sangamwadi 29.44 261 957 1 12 Tilak Road 14.71 242 290 1 13 Warje Karvenagar 15.23 233 399 3 14 Yerawada 29.10 239 564 1 Total 243.96 3 124 458 41 Source: PMC and field work. Table 4 reveals the ward wise numbers of blood bank in Pune Municipal Corporation. In PMC, Sahakarnagr ward has maximum numbers of blood bank, i.e. 6, where Sangamwadi, Tilak Road, Yerawada this ward has minimum number of blood bank, i.e. 1. Multispecialty and big hospitals has their own blood bank. Jahangir Hospital, Ruby Hospital, K.E.M. Hospital, Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Sahyadri Hospital, Shashvat Hospital, Ratna Memorial Hospital, Poona Hospital and Research Center, Navle Hospital, Tarachand Hospital, Sasoon Hospital this are the example of hospital who has their own blood bank. In PMC total number of blood bank is 41. The number of total blood bank is look like minimum with compare to number of hospitals and patient, but those hospitals has their own blood bank they have sufficient stock of blood. Each hospital has well refrigeration containers system to hold blood products at a constant temperature and are dispersed wherever required. Nowadays people are aware of blood donation. Hospital registers the blood donor’s information like name, blood group, contact. Hospital sends notification to the person regarding donation camp or emergency donation. These hospitals also have updated list of donors. Some major conclusions For the better administration and planning, it is essential to correlate various urban services with the present population and future population. Changing population in various metropolitans creates various problems and pressure on available resources. To overcome all the problems encountered in development process some of following conclusions can give pathway to planning administration. Property tax is pay for one time overall the year. Online pay mode is also available to people, but minimum numbers of people has knowledge about the online transaction. Most of people directly go to the Property Tax Pay Office to pay the tax amount. Due to minimum numbers of those offices, peoples face inconvenience in those days. Hence, communicate with the people and help them to understand and use the online pay mode. In PMC, 88 e-Suvidha centers are active. These e-Suvidha centers provide all governmental services like to issue smart card, domicile, etc. Most of the people are unknown about the services which are provide by the e-Suvidha centers. Hence it is need to arrange some program for people’s awareness. The staff, which is appointed in e-Suvidha center, should be well knowledgeable, expert and well train to handle online and offline services. If people will use this centers, the difficulties are reducing to get the government documents and e-governance policy will be get success as well as achieve the transparency in every activity. Regional language facility or language translator should be there to attract more and more peoples. Health care and health information is an integral part to everyone for sustainable livelihood. Multispecialty hospitals of PMC have their own blood bank. Nowadays hospitals update the list of blood downer, blood group and contact detail of the downer. Now e-blood banking system is useful and time consuming system. This system always updated with the name of blood bank, address and blood group availability. If hospital or even a patient visit to online this e-banking portal they get detailed information and they directly contact to those blood bank. National Health Portal of India is one of the example of e-blood banking. If all hospitals are interlinking with each other and use the benefit of e-blood banking that is very helpful to all hospital and patient too.

About the authors

V Nagarale

Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University

Email: drnagarale@gmail.com
Professor and Head Department of Geography, S.N.D.T. Women’s University Pune Campus Maharshi Karve Vidyavihar, Karve Road, Pune 411038, India

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