Solve the following problem with boundary condition using version 11.01.?

I get error messages when attempting to solve this problem
It is easily solved if the conduction term (D[c[z, r], z, z]) and the corresponding boundary condition ( (D[c[z, r], z] /. z → 1) == 0 )are removed ,however
it needs the conduction term in the system I want to simulate

eqns = {
   (1 - r^2) r D[c[z, r], z] == 
    0.1 (r D[c[z, r], r, r] + D[c[z, r], r] + D[c[z, r], z, z]) - 
     0.01 c[z, r],
   c[0, r] == 0, (D[c[z, r], r] /. r -> 10^-6) == 0, 
   c[z, 0.999] == 1 - Exp[-1000 z^2],
   (D[c[z, r], z] /. z -> 1) == 0};
u = NDSolveValue[eqns, c, {z, 0, 1}, {r, 10^-6, 0.999}]

Plot3D[u[z, r], {z, 0, 1}, {r, 10^-6, 0.999}, PlotRange -> {0, 1}]

At least in version 10.1, if I start a fresh MMA session and immediately evaluate this

eqns = {(1-r^2) r D[c[z,r],z]==0.1(r D[c[z,r],r,r]+D[c[z,r],r]+D[c[z,r],z,z])-0.01 c[z,r],
   c[0,r] == 0,
   (D[c[z, r], r] /. r -> 10^-6) == 0, 
   c[z, 0.999] == 1 - Exp[-1000 z^2],
   (D[c[z, r], z] /. z -> 1) == 0};
u = NDSolveValue[eqns, c, {z, 0, 1}, {r, 10^-6, 0.999}];
Plot3D[u[z, r], {z, 0, 1}, {r, 10^-6, 0.999}, PlotRange -> {0, 1}]

then without warning or error it displays

Thank you Bill, in version 11, I get the following messages when I evaluate the same code.

CoefficientArrays::poly: (c^(0,1))[z,1/1000000] is not a polynomial.
DirichletCondition[(c^(0,1))[z,1/1000000]==0,r==1.*10^-6] needs to be \
linear

Does the problem persist with this modification

eqns = {(1-r^2) r D[c[z,r],z]==1/10(r D[c[z,r],r,r]+D[c[z,r],r]+D[c[z,r],z,z])-1/100 c[z,r],c[0,r]==0,
   (D[c[z, r], r] /. r -> 0) == 0, c[z, 1] == 1, (D[c[z, r], z] /. z -> 1) == 0};
u = NDSolveValue[eqns, c, {z, 0, 1}, {r, 0, 1}]

No. That doesn’t appear to work either. And neither does this

eqns = {(1-r^2) r D[c[z,r],z]==1/10(r D[c[z,r],r,r]+D[c[z,r],r]+D[c[z,r],z,z])-1/100 c[z,r], c[0,r]==0,
   Derivative[0, 1][c][z, 0] == 0, c[z, 1] == 1, Derivative[1, 0][c][1, r] == 0};
u = NDSolveValue[eqns, c, {z, 0, 1}, {r, 0, 1}]

So I’ve exhausted my tips. Sorry. Hopefully someone better will be able to see what you need to do.

Thank you for your tips Bill

The solution to this problem is given in Mathematica Stack Exchange, see HERE.