Senior officials from the district administration said barring some parts of Wagholi, all the villages listed for illegal constructions are being merged with PMC. “It is the responsibility of the PMC to tackle the issue,’’ said the official.

The district administration had listed nearly 1,339 illegal structures in 13 talukas of the district. For Pune city in Haveli taluka, the surrounding areas included areas like Undri, Ambegaon, Katraj, Wagholi, Manjari, Jambhulwadi and Phursungi. All of them are in the merger map.

“We have only some parts of Wagholi to reassess,’’ said the official. Senior officials added that PMC would be able to get the work done faster having the machinery and manpower unlike the collectorate which was awaiting a separate wing and machinery sanctioned by the government. Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat had earlier stated that it would be executed soon. However, revenue officials are still awaiting the official orders.

The government was to take a stock of illegal constructions across the state and a draft policy was to be readied based on the findings. The last drive conducted by the Pune district administration was on May 2011 in which 22 structures were razed on Katraj hill slopes, for which Rs 5.22 lakh was the bill. The administration is yet to be reimbursed the amount.