MMRDA secures Rs.799.65-cr infra booster

The Maharashtra CM has recently sanctioned Rs.799.65 core to the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) for the eight-lane, 128 km long ring road around Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad circle. The project in question is to be developed as an economic corridor by integrating tourism, industrial and agri-based activities. The state government has constituted a committee comprising principal secretaries of the Urban Development department and the PWD, and officials of MSRDC and PMRDA to fast track the project. This committee will decide on the stretches to be developed in the jurisdiction of respective departments. The proposed ring road is being designed in such a way that it will have a provision for metro rail with better connectivity and have a comprehensive development around Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas, said an official spokesperson.