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Pune : Metro rail development in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad is moving on a jet-set speed. As per early estimates, 21 percent of work is completed, hinting a good physical progress of the work. This was communicated via written replay to Parliament by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The ministry asserted that progress is far better than other metro projects taking place across the country. It was in December 2016 that Pune Metro was launched. It is commendable to note that around 21 percent of civil work has been completed in about 19 months. Work has been progressing well in two Metro corridors — Vanaz to Ramwadi­ —PCMC to Swargate covering a distance of 32.25 km. Maha Metro executing the project shared that they have 90 percent possession of land in both the corridors. The officials are optimistic that will pick up additional momentum in coming days. There are no roadblocks or hindrance so far. Even funding for the project is likely to be finalized in the co...

Pune: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) said on Thursday that the project is not facing any financial crunch at present. Around Rs300 crore has been spent on the ongoing work on the two Metro corridors in the city and most of the expenses have been on civil work. This project received budgetary allocation of Rs 582 crore for the current financial year. The Maha Metro has sought allotment of Rs 750 crore and for the next financial year (2018-19). According to Maha Metro managing director Brijesh Dixit, the corporation was in talks with two foreign firms for loan and the agreement was expected to be finalized by June. The Union government’s department of economic affairs had posed the  Pune Metro project to European Investment Bank and AFD France. The talks with both the institutions are under way. According to Maha Metro official, the preliminary work pertaining to planning and designing on the Swargate mu...

Pune: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) said on Thursday that the project is not facing any financial crunch at present. Around Rs300 crore has been spent on the ongoing work on the two Metro corridors in the city and most of the expenses have been on civil work. This project received budgetary allocation of Rs 582 crore for the current financial year. The Maha Metro has sought allotment of Rs 750 crore and for the next financial year (2018-19). According to Maha Metro managing director Brijesh Dixit, the corporation was in talks with two foreign firms for loan and the agreement was expected to be finalized by June. The Union government’s department of economic affairs had posed the  Pune Metro project to European Investment Bank and AFD France. The talks with both the institutions are under way. According to Maha Metro official, the preliminary work pertaining to planning and designing on the Swargate mu...

Pune: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation  (MMRCL) has proposed extending the Pimpri-Swargate Metro route to Nigdi and Katraj in the first phase. Work is underway to create a detailed project report (DPR) for the two extensions. Various social organizations and political parties have demanded that the route be extended. As a result, the Municipal Corporation of Pune (PMC) and the Municipal Corporation Pimpri Chinchwad (PCMC) wrote to MMRCL seeking a DPR. “Our consultants have already started working on the creation of the DPR, they will have to carry out a survey of the topographic, geotechnical and traffic conditions, as well as an environmental and social impact analysis. we have to study the signaling work and the rolling stock. Brijesh Dixit (Managing director of MMRCL).” Once the report is ready in about four months, it will be submitted to the state government for approval. The final approval of the project will come from the government of the union, the off...

Pune: The Pune Metro service could begin operating in parts of Corridor One within a year, officials from Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-Metro) said on Wednesday. Officials cited the example of the Metro service in Nagpur, where they managed to carry out a test within 27 months of starting work on the project. “… Pune Metro will be marked in the next year, or in a little over a year,” said Brijesh Dixit, general director of MAHA-Metro. Last week, Dixit had said that work at Pune Metro was progressing at a faster pace than work at Nagpur Metro. Reiterating the statement, Dixit said that the elevated part of Corridor 1 – a distance of approximately 6 km from Pimpri to Dapodi- faced few obstacles such as land acquisition, so MAHA-Metro could complete the work faster. “For the same distance in Nagpur, we could start the test in 27 months … the real operations are probably going to start soon. Since the work in Pune Metro is taking plac...

Pune: From Corridor 1 of 16.59 km from Pune Metro from Pimpri to Swargate, which is an elevated section, at least for 10 km, up to Shivajinagar, is looking at the “stiff competition” of the BRTS buses operated by the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd ( PMPML) and local trains operated by the Pune division of Central Railways. One does not have to look far to find the reason. From Pimpri to Shivajinagar, the direction and destination of the three transportation services will be the same, on the Pune-Mumbai highway or along it. The three: the Pune Metro , BRTS buses and local trains, will be rubbing shoulders with each other as they head from Pimpri to Shivajinagar or back. Of the three, Metro and BRTS will be very close to each other. The Pune metro will take at least three years to be marked. BRTS on the stretch of the Pune-Mumbai highway is likely to run its test this week and could take off around January 26. Local trains between Pune and Lonavla have been in serv...