Madhuri Sahasrabudhe

Kothrud

representative

Pune Municipal Corporation

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Sabhaji Koth

deputy engineer

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chairman

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Nitin Jagtap

Who should citizens turn to when their ownis stabbing them in the back? This question is plaguing Shikashak Nagar residents as, according to them, the) is safeguarding the interests of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Madhuri Sahasrabudhe. Society members allege that she is misusing her powers to grab land. Irked by the dirty power play, the residents have opened aaccount and made apage to get justice. On the other hand, Sahasrabudhe claims that the society members are trying to malign her.Teachers had formed a residents’ colony at Kothrud in 1973.over 10 acres, the society consists of 97 members, who gave 200 sq feet of land on rent to Shriram Sahasrabudhe for running a flour mill in the open space spanning 12,000 sq feet reserved for a community hall. The leave and licence (rent agreement) ended in 2007. Following that, the society members wanted to construct the community hall and took permission from the corporation building permission department (BPD) for the same that year. However, the construction was actually started in January 2015. The society sent a notice to Sahasrabudhe to remove the structure so that they could build the hall. In reply, Madhuri Sahasrabudhe, the corporator, wrote an application to the BPD to issue a stop-work notice immediately. Based on that,of zone number 6 andNitin Jagtap went to the society where theV P Joshi andP K Kulkarni met the officials and furnished detailed information with documents. The officials then cancelled their stay order and gave permission to continue work.Alleging that Sahasrabudhe was threatening them, Joshi and Kulkarni said, “She is misusing her power. We have been following up the issue with Sahasrabudhe since 2007 to vacant the land but she has been steadfastly refusing. Finally, we decided to begin construction.”On the other hand, Sahasrabudhe said, “The flour mill is our business. I came in to politics by accident. I am a tenant of the society since the last 25 years. We started the business in 1989. I am paying rent regularly. Now, suddenly, the society wants us to vacate the place for a community hall. We will not do it. The society officials are creating a nuisance for us. If society members want the land, they will have to fight a case in court. Members are tarnishing my image.”When Mirror tried to contact BPD officialsand Sabhaji Koth, they did not respond to calls.