MahaMetro resumes works on Pune Metro rail line

A month after the construction work on the Pune Metro rail came to a halt, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) has resumed construction activities on a score of stretches of Paud Road. The work will move ahead in a phased manner to other sections in the city, including the riverbed portion. The construction work has been taken up as per the state government order issued recently. MahaMetro is developing two lines in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, both split into four sections. The 16.59km-long Line 1, connecting PCMC to Swargate, will be an elevated underground hybrid line. The first 11.57km, from PCMC to Range Hills, will be elevated, after which the Metro will go underground — near the College of Agriculture — till Swargate. Work on the elevated section is nearly complete till Dapodi, while tunnel-boring machines have started the tunnel excavations for the underground route. The elevated stretch will have nine stations of which five will be underground. The other line, 14.67km long, will connect Vanaz and Ramwadi and will be completely elevated with 16 stations. Work on the Vanaz, Anandnagar and Ideal Colony stations is currently under way, said general manager (PR) of MahaMetro, Hemant Sonawane.