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Call to change Pune Metro station Bhosari’s name ignored, MLA Mahesh Landge to raise issue with Fadnavis
The Pune Metro station at Nashik Phata was named Bhosari given the latter’s popularity as a suburb but the name has led to a lot of confusion among commuters.

With the Centre allegedly failing to respond to a request to change the name of Pune Metro’s Bhosari station, BJP MLA Mahesh Landge has decided to take up the issue with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
“I will talk to the Maha Metro officials and find out where exactly the proposal for name change is stuck. After that, I will discuss the issue with Fadnavis and urge him to take up the issue with the central government,” Landge, the MLA from Bhosari, told The Indian Express on Wednesday.
Over a year and a half ago, when the Pune Metro service started, Maha Metro had sent a proposal for changing the name of Bhosari station to Nashik Phata. Maha Metro Managing Director Shravan Hardikar said they had subsequently followed up on the issue. “We are waiting for the government directives in this regard,” Hardikar said.
According to Metro officials, the detailed project report had recommended that the Nashik Phata station be named Bhosari given the latter’s popularity as a suburb. However, according to Landge, Bhosari is located 5 km away from Nashik Phata. “People who want to go to Bhosari get down at Nashik Phata only to realise that it is not the area where they intended to go. This confusion has persisted for long. I am sure the state government will pursue the matter with the Centre and get the name changed,” he said.
“It is surprising that though Maha Metro has been pursuing the matter with the central government for over one-and-a-half years, the government has failed to respond,” former Congress corporator Babu Nair said.
“There is a demand, not only to change the name of Nashik Phata station but also Budhwar Peth station, and a couple of other stations. But there is no movement despite commuters demanding the changes for so long,” alleged Pune City Congress general secretary Ramesh Iyer.
Hrishikesh Marale, a resident of Kasarwadi, said, “At Nashik Phata, there is a railway station which goes by the name Kasarwadi railway station. Then there is Nashik Phata PMPML bus station and Bhosari Metro station. Everything is confusing at Nashik Phata. Officials are clearly not getting their act together.”
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