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Chakan faces August 31 deadline for road repairs, anti-encroachment
The Pune district administration has set an August 31 deadline for completing four immediate road works in the Chakan industrial belt: filling potholes, repairing shoulders, clearing rain debris, and removing garbage. District collector Jitendra Dudi will physically review progress on Monday or Tuesday.
Authorities are simultaneously finalising a broader traffic management plan, expected by end of the coming week, using AI-based traffic analysis. The plan will cover traffic, parking, encroachment removal and road improvements, with works to be completed within three to four months after approval in the first week of September.
Police have already towed over 50 illegally parked heavy vehicles from the Chakan-Talegaon highway since Friday and issued challans. Encroachment removal along the congested 19-km stretch is to begin this week, with multiple agencies jointly inspecting roads under their jurisdictions.
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Chakan and Talegaon form Maharashtra's largest automotive and manufacturing hub, housing plants of Bajaj Auto, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen. The infrastructure has not kept pace with the rapid industrialisation over two decades, making traffic jams and illegal heavy-vehicle parking chronic. The August 31 deadline is ambitious given monsoon rains and the number of agencies involved, including MIDC, PMRDA, NHAI and local bodies. The AI-based traffic study, if implemented, could set a precedent for other industrial clusters in Pune. The key number to watch is whether the administration's physical review on Monday or Tuesday reveals substantial progress or leads to an extension.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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