Maha-Metro prepares draft MoU for Shivajinagar bus station

Maha-Metro executive director Hemant Sonawane confirmed the plan will soon be shared with MSRTC and construction will begin once approval is granted.

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Currently, the bus depot is operating from Wakdewadi, where passengers frequently complain about poor facilities, especially during the rainy season. Passengers have been demanding to relocate the bus depot to its original location, Shivajinagar.

The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) has prepared a draft MoU for construction of the new Chhatrapati Shivajinagar Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus station.

Maha-Metro executive director Hemant Sonawane confirmed the plan will soon be shared with MSRTC and construction will begin once approval is granted. “We will discuss the draft plan with MSRTC, and following their approval, the modalities will be decided, whether to proceed with a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model etc. After this, the tendering process will be finalised, and the construction agency will be appointed,” he said.

MSRTC had offered land to Maha-Metro in 2019 for construction of the Shivajinagar underground Metro station. As per the agreement, Maha-Metro is supposed to facilitate the construction of a new Shivajinagar bus depot with other facilities.

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Shivajinagar MLA Siddharth Shirole announced on X on Tuesday that work on the new integrated Shivajinagar bus station complex will begin soon. In his tweet, he said he had a meeting with Maha-Metro CMD Shravan Hardikar and Sonawane, where the draft plan was discussed. He also confirmed that a final decision on the project is expected within the next 15 days. The project is estimated to cost between Rs 250 crore and Rs 300 crore.

Shubham Tigga

Shubham Tigga hails from Chhattisgarh and studied journalism at the Asian College of Journalism. He previously reported in Chhattisgarh on Indigenous issues and is deeply interested in covering socio-political, human rights, and environmental issues in mainland and NE India. Presently based in Pune, he reports on civil aviation, other transport sectors, urban mobility, the gig economy, commercial matters, and workers' unions. You can reach out to him on LinkedIn ... Read More

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