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| Settlement type | borough |
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Dhankawadi was an outlying borough of the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra. It lies on the southern edge of the city along old Route 4 just north of where the Route 4 bypass leaves old Route 4, about Template:Convert south of the Pune city centre.
Dhankawadi was a small village that was subsumed into Pune in 1995 and now counted into pune city. The area has been ongoing rapid building development since 2000.[1] Part of Dhankawadi has been reserved for a bio-diversity park; however, the park remains in the proposal stage.[2]
Dhankawadi is also a home to many of the top colleges in Pune, including Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), Bharti Vidyapeeth Deemed University(BVPDU).[3]
It also includes many local attractions like Katraj Lake which has an island with a large statue of warrior king Shivaji and a huge Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park with a snake park and animal rescue center.
Notes
- ↑ PMC's unauthorised structure problem. Pune Mirror(26 September 2012). Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ BDP becomes slum on rent. Pune Mirror(25 October 2010). Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ↑ Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Pune, India's Best Private University. bvuniversity.edu.in. Retrieved 2020-02-20.