Long back it was a rural village before the growth of the city included it in the metropolitan area.[1] Today the locality is a well developed one with many large projects having been constructed within its limits as well as having several shops and market, shopping malls, marriage halls, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, public parks & Preschool.
Economy
Pudumjee Pulp and Paper Mills runs a large paper mill there.[2][3] The suburb has a municipal park called Bapujibuwa Park.[4]
Recreation
Late Moru Mahadu Barne Kridangan is a big sports ground for outdoor sports play such as cricket, volleyball, tennis, kabaddi, badminton, basketball, football, running track etc. Laxmibai Barne Udyan is another big park in the area with a children's playing area, a joggers track and also meditation center and amphitheater.[5] Shubhankar Heights from Shiv Constructions and Ivana from Lakshmi Properties are among the several big housing projects in the area. A government hospitals is run by Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.There is also an International Preschool name EuroKids where children love to learn.[6]
The prime area in the locality is Dange Chowk. Several restaurants and hotels are located around it. Aundh-Ravet road passes through Dange Chowk and a beautiful flyover has been built over it.[7][8] Dange Chowk is on the Aundh-Ravet BRTS Route and is well connected by road to all parts of the Pune city. In Thergaon near Dange Chowk there is a public park called Shivaji Park which has a famous statue of Shivaji in black stone.[9]
^FAO (1994). Projected Pulp and Paper Mills in the World: 1993-1998. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 31. ISBN978-92-5-103531-3.
^Bhatt, S. C.; Bhargava, Gopal K., eds. (2006). "Chapter 12: Industry". Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: Volume 16 Maharashtra. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications. pp. 271–413, page 356. ISBN81-7835-372-5.
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