BJP threatens stir over Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar metro work not starting

PUNE Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday visited the Pune Metropolitian Region Development Authority (PMRDA) office and demanded that work on the Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar metro route begin within a week, or the part would launch an agitation.

BJP members, under the leadership of MP Girish Bapat and Shivajinagar MLA Siddharth Shirole, met PMRDA commissioner Suhas Diwase.

Bapat said, “All the administrative permissions have been received for this project. Even 98 per cent of the land is in but work has not getting started. If the project gets delayed, it will raise the project cost which will ultimately need to be paid by citizens.”