New terminal of Pune airport will operationalise on July 14, says MoS Murlidhar Mohol

Mohol said that the extension of the route from Kothrud to Chandni chowk has been proposed and he has also expressed the necessity to develop the route between Hinjewadi and Chandni chowk to ease traffic on highway.

Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol at a review meeting of the Pune Metro. (Photo: Murlidhar Mohol/ X)

Confirming that Pune Metro rail will begin operations from Civil Court station to Swargate next month, Union minister and city MP Murlidhar Mohol, on Monday, said he has expressed to senior authorites , the dire need of running a metro service from Hinjewadi to Chandni chowk to reduce burgeoning traffic on Banglore-Mumbai bypass.

“During the project review, Pune Metro informed us that it would start its service from Civil Court to Swargate in August. One station enroute at Mandai will not be operational till the work is complete. I further assured them of personally pushing forward proposals of extension of the metro route with the state and union government,” said Mohol.

He said that the extension of the route from Kothrud to Chandni chowk has been proposed and he has also expressed the necessity to develop the route between Hinjewadi and Chandni chowk to ease traffic on highway.

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After much delay, the new terminal at Pune Airport is going to be operational from July 14. “The requisite security staff and equipment for beginning new terminal is almost complete so it will be opeational from July 14,” Mohol informed.

The new terminal at Pune airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before Lol Sabha elections but its operation was delayed due to unavailability of security staff. The Congress had raised the issue in the past while NCP (SP) will be protesting on July 8 against the delay in starting operstions.

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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