Pune civic body to develop alternate road to Pune airport from Puru society

Hawkers on the stretch will be rehabilitated in the Nukkad hawkers scheme developed under CSR, he said.

Hawkers on the stretch will be rehabilitated in the Nukkad hawkers scheme developed under CSR, he said. (Source: Express Archives)

The Pune civic body has decided to develop an alternate road from the city to Pune international airport at Lohegaon to resolve traffic issues on the existing roads to the airport and lohegaon area.

“It is possible to provide an alternate road to Pune international airport from Pune city in a short span if a new road from Puru society to Sabha Mandap plot is developed,” said additional municipal commissioner Omprakash Diwate.

He said the revised proposal to develop a 30 metre road from Puru society to Sabha Mandap plot should be prepared soon. “The demarcation of land should be done if it has been acquired for the road project from 509 chowk to Puru society.” said Diwate, adding that development of few roads is incomplete due to delay in land acquisition for the project.

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Hawkers on the stretch will be rehabilitated in the Nukkad hawkers scheme developed under CSR, he said.

The additional municipal commissioner directed widening of the road by one to two metres from Nagpur chawl to 509 chowk on both sides while transplanting the trees on the existing road.

The Pune civic body has also decided to beautify the existing road from Gunjan chowk to Airport road. At present, there is road connectivity to Pune international airport via Vishranwadi, Yerawada and Symbiosis road. However, roads in these areas witness traffic chaos during peak hours as many corporate houses, educational institutes, IT firms have come up in the area ,while residential housing has also increased around the airport.

Ajay Jadhav

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More

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