Commencement of work on ‘Maan-Hinjwadi to Shivajinagar’ Metro Line-3 in Pune.
In order to expedite the project, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar should review the work of the concerned agencies every week.
PPP’s first project in the country; The work will be completed in three years
Mumbai: – The work of Metro Line-3 from Maan-Hinjwadi to Shivajinagar, which is important for strengthening the public transport system of Pune city, actually started today. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is the first metro project in the country and is expected to be completed in the next three years. In order to make the project a success, as well as to resolve the technical issues with various approvals, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar regularly reviews all the mechanisms related to the project at the Ministry every week. That’s why this work started so fast.
There were various approvals and technical difficulties to start work on the Maan-Hinjwadi to Shivajinagar route three, which is being implemented through PMRDA. To address this, a special review meeting is being held every week in the office of Pune Guardian Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. The meeting coordinated all the agencies involved in the project. Therefore, the land acquisition required for this metro line has been adopted under the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Act, 2013. About 98 per cent of the land required for Metro Car Depot, Right of Way and Station has been acquired by the Authority. All the necessary permissions and licenses have been obtained for the project. This is the first project in the country to acquire so many land acquisitions and all prescribed permits even before the actual commencement of the project.
The length of this metro line is 23.2 km and 23 stations are proposed in this line. This is the first project in India to be implemented on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis under the Central Government’s ‘Metro Rail Policy 2017’. For this, the state government along with the central government will get financial assistance up to 20%. The proposed integrated double-deck flyover has been designed to solve the long-term traffic congestion at Pune University Chowk in Pune city and has been approved by the Pune Integrated Metropolitan Transport Authority (PUMTA) and Pune Municipal Corporation. For the first time, two international standard agencies have been set up for this project. Trail Urban Transport Pvt Ltd and Siemens Project Ventures have come forward. He has set up a special purpose organization called ‘Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd.’ A traffic diversion plan has been prepared to start the actual work of the project. This has been discussed in detail in the meeting of Pumta on 26th October 2021. The project is planned to be completed in the next three years.
