Sub committee to submit report on extension of Hinjawadi-Shivajinagar metro line 3 to Hadapsar-Loni Kalbhor within a week

In a meeting, chaired by Pune divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar, various infrastructure projects, including metro extension on Hinjawadi-Shivajinagar to Hadapsar-Loni Kalbhor route and Ramwadi to Wagholi route, traffic congestion on 32 major roads and Kharadi-Shirur elevated road projects were discussed.

Pulkundwar, who also chairs the Pune Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (PUMTA), held this meeting on Tuesday to discuss various transport-related projects and issues in Pune region. Officials from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pune Traffic Police, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) attended the meet.

Atul Gadgil, director (works), Maha-Metro, said, “The sub-committee has been formed to discuss report submitted by the transition advisor appointed by PMRDA. Maha-Metro and PMRDA officials are part of the sub-committee that will submit the report to PUMTA within a week.”

Maha-Metro has developed the metro network from PCMC to Shivajinagar to Swargate, while PMRDA is developing the Hinjawadi to Shivajinagar line.

In March, PMRDA appointed a transition advisor (TA) to evaluate the metro lines on a PPP (public-private partnership) or EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) basis. The advisor submitted a report before the Lok Sabha polls, recommending a PPP model to develop the 23-kilometer extension of the Shivajinagar to Loni Kalbhor Pune Metro Line 3, with extensions to Pulgate and Swargate. After the advisor presented additional information in a recent meeting, Pulkundwar directed the sub-committee to study the information and submit a report within a week.

PMRDA officials said that the main stretch from Shivajinagar to Loni Kalbhor is about 20 km, with additional extensions to Pulgate and Swargate adding another 3 km.