Pune:12th June 2007

Pune, June 12: CHIEF Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has suggested a ring road to solve the traffic problems in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. In a meeting on Tuesday, district guardian minister Ajit Pawar said the ring road should be 120-meter wide with service roads. The land for the road would be acquired by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).
Public Works Department officials said the road would cost Rs 600 crore and should be a Build-Operate-Transfer project. Divisional Commissioner Nitin Kareer said private developers had built such roads in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Deshmukh then directed officials to send a proposal to the State government.In another development, the Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) would also be permitted to hire 162 Euro III buses from private contractors.
The problems in the development plan (DP) of the 23 fringe villages merged in the municipal limits, would be solved within a month, Deshmukh added.

Its nearly been a year since the Ring Road for Pune and PCMC was given a thumbs up by the Maha CM...Nothing much seems to have moved forward.Still waiting....