Maha-Metro launches Vanaz-Ramwadi metro work in Pune

After completing the underground tunnelling work between the College of Agriculture and civil court at Shivajinagar, Maha-Metro has commenced work on circular piers on the riverbed near Bund Garden. It is the part where Vanaz-Ramwadi metro line crosses Mula-Mutha river at Sangamwadi stretch through an elevated way. Maha-Metro has already put piers on the riverbed along the Yerawada bridge as the 8.3 km civil court-Ramwadi stretch is part of the second line of the Pune metro plan connecting Vanaz with Ramwadi. Hemant Sonawane, general manager of Pune Maha-Metro, informed that the Pune Metro crosses the river at two places - Sangamwadi and Bund Garden areas and both are a part of Vanaz-Ramwadi stretch. The launch of segments on circular piers was halted due to monsoon as the water level increased.

The metro route will have stations at RTO, Pune Railway station, Dole Patil Road, Bund Garden, Yerawada, Kalyaninagar and Ramwadi. On this stretch, maximum pillars are located on the riverbed. The metro stations Vanaz to Ramwadi stretch is 14.67 km in length and consists of 16 stations Vanza (depot), Anandnagar, Ideal Colony, Nal Stop, Garware College, Deccan Gymkhana, Sambhaji Garden, PMC headquarters, civil court, Mangalwar Peth, Pune railway station, Ruby Hall clinic, Bund Garden, Yerawada, Kalyaninagar and Ramwadi.