Amid parking woes, Pune Metro identifies 9 spots to set up facilities near stations

Commuters, who are thronging the metro stations in big numbers, have complained of the parking issue at Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad stations.

3 min readPuneUpdated: Aug 24, 2023 01:53 PM IST

MahaMetro officials conceded there was no provision for parking facilities in the original Detailed Project Report (DPR). (File/Representational image)

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Amid parking woes, Pune Metro identifies 9 spots to set up facilities near stations

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Officials of the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited, which is implementing the Pune Metro project, said Wednesday they are speeding up the process of making parking arrangements for vehicles of commuters on both corridors of the Pune Metro in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Commuters, who are thronging the metro stations in big numbers, have complained of the parking issue at these stations.

“Yesterday, we had a meeting with both PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) and PCMC (Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation) commissioners. In the meeting, it was decided to work on jointly developing the parking reservations near the metro service on both corridors,” Shravan Hardikar, Chairman and Managing Director, MahaMetro, told The Indian Express.

MahaMetro officials conceded there was no provision for parking facilities in the original Detailed Project Report (DPR). “When the DPR was made, the multi-modal development management concept did not exist. The multi-modal concept has now been incorporated as part of the designs. We are focusing on multi-modal integration,” said Hardikar.

He said, “Now, wherever there are Metro stations, we are developing multi-modal hubs. Wherever we are getting parking space, we are developing parking infrastructure on them. So far, we have managed to get space at nine locations on both corridors where we are developing parking infrastructure”.

“On all these nine spaces, we are going to develop parking infrastructure on a pilot basis. In Pune city, it will be developed outside stations like Shivajinagar and the civil court. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, it will be developed outside PCMC headquarters and at Vallabhnagar. These are not reserved lands but they remained vacant while developing Metro stations,” he added.

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Hardikar also said they will also work on developing parking reservations near metro stations on both corridors. “We will work with PMC and PCMC to develop these parking reservations to accommodate the vehicles of commuters,” he said.

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As of now, Hardikar said, they are focussing more on accommodating two-wheelers of commuters. “We don’t think those who drive four-wheelers will immediately shift to metro service. It is a long process and will take time. We will have to create infrastructure in a systematic manner. Initially, we expect two-wheeler riders to convert to metro and then, slowly, the [owners of] four-wheelers would take to the metro service”.

Manoj Dattatrye More

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