pune with popular apps like vahan offering data on vehicle ownership the pune municipal corporation pmc has come up with a mobile application using which citizens can find out details of property ownershipthe app named pune urban will help potential buyers assure the legality of a propertythe mobile application is equipped with various features it will ease the works related to the building permission department users can get information on topics ranging from the official in their areas to development plans since 1966 said prashant waghmare city engineer with the civic bodyhe added that applications available across all mobile platforms can be used by common citizens as well as professionals working in the real estate sectorpmc officials said that citizens will be able to use the app as a guide while constructing a house it is based on the global positioning system gps and geographical information system gis mapping area wise details such as reservations ready reckoner rates and documents required for building permission can sought in the application buyers can use the app to check the approval status of the construction site number of approved floors or status of the transfer of development rights tdrpmc officials say that on an average around 4500 building permission are given per year this includes small houses as well as big projects residential as well as commercial properties get approved at the departmentthe city has around 83 lakh properties of this nearly 1 lakh are commercial and around 7 lakh are residential buildings pune also has 29000 open plots while around 14000 are a mix of commercial residential and open propertiesas per pmcs data the civic body has acted against over 5500 illegal constructions in the last four years illegal sheds and houses built on an area of around 29 lakh sq ft in slum pockets located in shivajinagar kasba peth wadgaonsheri ambegaon kothrud katraj nibm road and pashan were demolishedthe property tax department plans to use the gis to identify illegal properties across the city