PMC fines Malpani Group Rs 5.48 crore for digging roads in Baner without permission

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has imposed a fine of Rs 5.48 crore on the Malpani Group. The company is alleged to have dug up roads in Baner without permission to lay electricity cables for a construction project. The information came to light in Pune on October 27, 2026.

The action relates to a project being carried out on Survey No. 33/1/9. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded that the corporation recover the fine from the company immediately.

Raviraj Baban Kale, president of the AAP's Maharashtra youth wing, claims he pursued the matter persistently and that the action followed as a result.

Kale has also demanded that, if the company does not pay the fine, the PMC issue a stop-work notice on its other construction projects in Pune.

According to Kale, the PMC's road department sent a letter on the matter to the executive engineer of the building development department on October 12, 2026. What steps the corporation takes next to recover the fine remains to be seen.

Kale also cited an earlier case from Balewadi. A construction project being built on Survey No. 23 there was also accused of digging up roads without permission. He said the PMC had imposed a fine of Rs 1.28 crore in that case and later recovered the amount.

The AAP has demanded that the Malpani Group's other ongoing construction projects in Pune also be investigated, to find out whether roads were dug up without permission elsewhere to lay electricity cables. Kale warned that if anyone tried to shield the company, the party would approach the municipal commissioner and demand action against those responsible.

The matter thus rests on two points: recovery of the Rs 5.48 crore fine on the Baner project, and the demand for a probe into the company's other projects. The amount is considerably larger than the Rs 1.28 crore fine in the Balewadi case.