ゝ¥ GENERAしDISCR看P丁看ON Shrikshetra Bhimashanka「 Vikas Arakhada′ Tal. Khed, Dist. Pune. Shrikshetra Bhimashankar is an important piIgrim center of Maharashtra and Iots of peopie from various pa巾S Of India Visit the temple through out the year. It isone ofthe 12」yot刷nga ofLord Shiva in lndia. Bhimashankar issituated 120 kmstothe north sideofPune inSahyad「i ranges. 1t is ′B’class piigrim center (Tirthkshetra) decia「ed by state Govt. on dated 17.06.2011.しa「ge number of devotees visitthis place every year in Shravan month and Mahashivratri festival. About 20to 25看akh devotees /touristvisitthis pIace everyyear. The area around ¥薫㌃ Bhimashankar is declared as wiid life sanctua「y on date 16.O9.1985 Bhimashankar is surrounded by dense forest and it is known by its fiora, fauna and aIsothe animals like Shekru, Bibtya tiger, Sambar etc. The area is very remote, hi=yand heavy rainfa= occurs upto 3000to4000 mm. There are 5 to 6 V用ages around Bhimashankar havingtribaI popuiation, Due to iack of infrastructure fac冊ies these people are deprived of the education, emPIoyment, health fac冊ies & agricuituraI deveIopment. Moreover, the piIgrimsvisiting Bhimashankartempie faces many difficulties due to absence of lnf「astructure and other fac冊ies. Hence, it is very inevitabIe to Create fo=owing fac冊ies for theしocalite people and pilgrims visiting the Bhimashankar tempie. 1. The road connecting Bhimashankar is ve「y narrow which is insufficient to /7ヽ accomodate the traffic every day. There is a chaos during Shravan & Mahashivratri as Iakhs of pilgrims gatherduringthis period. Hence the proposaI fo「‥ (a). Conversion ofexisting tar road to concrete road from entrance gate to Range forest o冊ce (about 600m) Iength is p「oposed Km O/00 to O/600. (b). Conversion ofexistingtar 「oad to concrete road in km O/600 to km 3/OO is p「oposed 2. Tempie is situated on a very steep hi= sIope. The existing walkway (steps) is very narrowand pilg「ims havetowaitfor hoursto reach the tempIe. Hence the expansion of existing waIkway is needed. Accordingly covered walkway (steps〉 with entrance gate is proposed. Aiso the toilets for incoming and outgoing P鴫rims are located along the waikway. 3. Being a remote pIace heaIth fac輔es have to be provided forthe loca=tes & huge no. of the piigrims during Sh「avan and Mahashivratri , Hence Health Subcentre is proposed. 4・ Around 5 lakhs people visitingthe temple on shivratri・ Duringthis periodしaw & order & security issues are to be deait with. Hence the sufficient space / accommodation is needed for poiice fo「ce. Fo「this reason po-ice station bu冊ng is proposed. 5. Community center and toilet bu胴ng is proposed taking into consideration fac冊es for iocaiities & large no・ Of p鳴「ims visitingthe pIace. 6. In view of la「ge number of vehicIes iike cars and buses coming to Bhimashankar as the「e is no space for pa「king・ Hence, it is very essentiai to O請書岩盤器岩盤請書岩盤豊詰-ot 7. Otherfac冊es Iike water suppiy′ d「ainage′ SOiid waste management etc are also proposed. In viewof importance ofthe BhimashankartempIe and large no. ofpilgrims Visiting the temple throughout the year and providing fac冊es to the iocalites the Govt. has the sanctioned the Bhimashankar deve-opment arakhada of Rs.148.37 c「ores on dated 28.2.2018 Accordingly the estimates are prepa「ed as pe「 state schedule of Rates 2018-2019 of Pubiic Works Department. Exec融meer′ 困 P. W. Subdivision, Ghodegaon No. 1, P.W. (North) Division, Pune 丁a上Ambegaon.