Property registration offices in Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad to remain closed
Property registrations at 27 offices in the city and Pimpri Chinchwad will be closed from Friday till further notice, as per an order issued by divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar on Thursday under the Epidemic Act, 1897, implemented across the state to curb the spread of Covid-19. Mhaisekar said the order was issued as a part of the social distancing strategy to check the spread of coronavirus. Online registrations for leave and licence agreements through the authorized service providers would continue. Areas under the jurisdictions of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) register the maximum number of cases in the state. The order added that too much crowding was noticed in the property registration offices. Mhaisekar said the cap on the registrations would continue till further instructions from the government. Officials said the property registration offices in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad usually witnessed a footfall of over 2,000 people at a given time.
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