Pune: Metro services to start on two stretches in Jan

The 5-km priority stretch from Vanaz to Garware college will be open to the public by January-end. It is part of the elevated Metro route from Vanaz to Ramwadi.

Chairman and managing director of Maha-Metro, Brijesh Dixit said the Sant Tukaram Nagar station work has been completed while other station works are also almost complete. (File)

The Metro rail service is set to open for the public by the end of January in two stretches in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

“Officials of the Pune Metro rail Monday conveyed their plan to start the Metro rail service for the public in the city by the third week of January,” said Mayor Murlidhar Mohol after holding a meeting with officials of Pune metro rail, which is being implemented by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha-Metro).

He said the 5-km priority stretch from Vanaz to Garware college will be open to the public by January-end. It is part of the elevated Metro route from Vanaz to Ramwadi.

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“Commissioner of Metro railway safety (CMRS) Janak Garg inspected the priority section — PCMC to Phugewadi on PCMC to Swargate route. The inspection will continue tomorrow also. It is mandatory to have inspection of CMRS to open any Metro line for commercial passenger operators,” said Hemant Sonawane, head of public relations of Pune Metro rail. He said the CMRS checks all the technical, passenger safety and commercial aspects of the Metro operation.

Mohol said work for the Metro rail route from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar has begun and will gain pace as the Union government recently approved Rs 1,430 crore funds for the project.

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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