PMC’s rich legacy of sending leaders to state, national levels vanishing
PMC’s rich legacy of sending leaders to state, national levels vanishing CAMIL PARKHE | Saturday, 11 February 2017 AT 06:52 PM IST CAMIL PARKHE , PMC leaders , national level , missing Since its inception in 1857, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has sent many of its members at State and national levels to lead in various sectors including politics, social works and even in the film industry. One of the oldest civic bodies in the country, the PMC has provided state and national level political leaders, philosophers, social reformers, litterateurs, playwrights and also acclaimed civil engineers. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule - after whom the vegetable market in the city is named - was a member of the PMC. In fact, as a member of the civic body, Phule had opposed the proposal for construction of a central market in the city and demanded that the same funds should be used for providing education to poor children. The market, i...