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

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The Pune airport secured the top rank under the category of ‘best airport by size’ and the sub-category of ‘airport with annual passenger traffic of 5-15 million passengers in the Asia Pacific region.’The Pune airport secured the top rank under the category of ‘best airport by size’ and the sub-category of ‘airport with annual passenger traffic of 5-15 million passengers in the Asia Pacific region.’ (File Photo)
Written by: Ajay Jadhav
2 min readPuneNov 19, 2025 08:13 PM IST First published on: Nov 19, 2025 at 08:13 PM IST

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.

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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.

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor at The Indian... Read More

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