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Pune sets Oct 30 deadline for HCMTR, ring road land surveys
Pune’s district administration has set a 30 October deadline to complete joint land surveys for the 24-metre-wide high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) and the 65-metre-wide inner ring road. District collector Jitendra Dudi issued the directive during a review meeting on Thursday (15 October 2026) attended by municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram, PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari, and additional commissioner of police (traffic) Manoj Patil, among others.
The meeting focused on completing land demarcation and joint measurements within the timeframe, with PMC asked to submit supporting documents for transferring land under its jurisdiction to the state government. Patil presented how the two corridors could reduce traffic pressure on Pune’s internal roads. The meeting also reviewed preparations for Pune Grand Tour 2027. Officials noted that processes concerning land under defence and railway departments have received a positive response. The district administration, PMC and PMRDA were directed to coordinate closely to complete the transfer of state government land and acquisition of private land within the stipulated timelines.
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The 30 October deadline puts pressure on three agencies, the district administration, PMC and PMRDA, to synchronise land records, technical reports and acquisition timelines for two projects meant to ease Pune’s worsening congestion. The meeting identified two specific bottlenecks: transfer of state-government land and acquisition of private land along both alignments. Patil’s presentation on traffic reduction potential suggests officials are already building a public-benefit case for compulsory acquisition. A positive response from defence and railway departments removes one hurdle, but the collector’s deadline is not a guarantee: the October 30 target applies only to surveys and demarcation, not to actual land handover. The next concrete step is PMC’s submission of supporting documents to the state government for the land-transfer proposal, a process whose outcome will determine whether the joint surveys lead to physical construction within FY2027.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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