Corporation's cellphone app to check legal status of properties
Oct 29 2016 : The Times of India (Pune) Pune: TIMES NEWS NETWORK With popular apps like `Vahan' offering data on vehicle ownership, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has come up with a mobile application, using which citizens can find out details of property ownership.The app, named Pune Urban, will help potential buyers assure the legality of a property. “The mobile application is equipped with various features. It will ease the works related to the building permission department.Users can get information on topics ranging from the official in their areas to development plans since 1966,“ said Prashant Waghmare, city engineer with the civic body . He added that applications, available across all mobile platforms, can be used by common citizens as well as professionals working in the real estate sector. PMC officials said that citizens will be able to use the app as a guide while constructing a house. It is based on the Global Positioning Syst...