The Times of India 28.10.2010
PMC to acquire land in fringe areas for road network
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will acquire land from outside the municipal limits to extend the road connectivity. The general body had recently approved the civic administration's proposal to acquire land (survey number 134) in Lohegaon for development of a 60-metre-wide road earmarked in the Development Plan (DP).
Though the Shiv Sena had opposed the move saying the PMC should concentrate on developing roads within city limits and not focus on road extension in fringe areas, the proposal was approved by all party corporators, who demanded that the civic administration should acquire required land in fringe villages to extend the road network.
Leader of the house, Nilesh Nikam, said, "It is necessary to consider the growing population in city and fringe areas. Sooner or later, the civic limits will expand and the PMC should not face any problem of road infrastructure. It is better to think of future and extend the existing road network".
The PMC has admitted that the road infrastructure has not expanded in tandem with the increase in the number of vehicles. According to PMC data, in the last four decades, the city's population has increased four times and vehicular traffic has increased 87 times while the road length has increased only five times. According to projections, the population of the city will touch 45 lakh by 2021 and 57 lakh by 2031.
Recently, the built operate transfer (BOT) committee of the PMC had approved the municipal commissioner's proposal to opt for public private partnership (PPP) model to develop two major roads High Capacity Mass Transit Route route connecting areas between Bopodi and Hadapsar and Warje-Kharadi road.
Both the roads find mention in the 1987 DP. The estimated cost for Bopodi-Hadapsar internal ring road is Rs 1,295 crore, while the Warje-Kharadi road, a riverside road project, is estimated at Rs 1500 crore. The 21.6-kilometre-long and 30-metre-wide road is planned along Mula and Mutha, and will link the Bangalore-Mumbai highway with the Pune-Ahmednagar highway.
Though the Shiv Sena had opposed the move saying the PMC should concentrate on developing roads within city limits and not focus on road extension in fringe areas, the proposal was approved by all party corporators, who demanded that the civic administration should acquire required land in fringe villages to extend the road network.
Leader of the house, Nilesh Nikam, said, "It is necessary to consider the growing population in city and fringe areas. Sooner or later, the civic limits will expand and the PMC should not face any problem of road infrastructure. It is better to think of future and extend the existing road network".
The PMC has admitted that the road infrastructure has not expanded in tandem with the increase in the number of vehicles. According to PMC data, in the last four decades, the city's population has increased four times and vehicular traffic has increased 87 times while the road length has increased only five times. According to projections, the population of the city will touch 45 lakh by 2021 and 57 lakh by 2031.
Recently, the built operate transfer (BOT) committee of the PMC had approved the municipal commissioner's proposal to opt for public private partnership (PPP) model to develop two major roads High Capacity Mass Transit Route route connecting areas between Bopodi and Hadapsar and Warje-Kharadi road.
Both the roads find mention in the 1987 DP. The estimated cost for Bopodi-Hadapsar internal ring road is Rs 1,295 crore, while the Warje-Kharadi road, a riverside road project, is estimated at Rs 1500 crore. The 21.6-kilometre-long and 30-metre-wide road is planned along Mula and Mutha, and will link the Bangalore-Mumbai highway with the Pune-Ahmednagar highway.
