Pune: A tough, bumpy ride to Sinhagad fort

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Another forest official, who did not wish to be named, said a number of visitors have complained about the bad road in the last few months.

Milind Moghe, who recently visited the Fort with his three friends, said, “We usually come to Sinhagad on our motorcycles. On a bike, it’s easier to maneuver the broken patches and circumvent them, but when one is in a car, it’s difficult. This time we drove to the fort but because of the bad road, it took us longer to reach it, as we had to slow down every now and then.”

The fort, one of the most-visited tourist spots near Pune, is located in Atkarwadi village. It attracts between 500 to 700 visitors on weekdays and nearly 3,000 visitors on weekends.

The number of visitors is higher during monsoon, when the fort is surrounded by lush greenery.

Due to the increasing number of visitors to the Fort, forest officials had introduced a rule in 2015: any visitor who stays longer than three hours at the fort will be charged a fine of Rs 100 for the first two extra hours. If s/he stays beyond the two extra hours, then Rs 200 would be charged as fine.

Meanwhile, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been carrying out repair work at the fort since a few months.