Kharadi-Shivane riverside road project stuck due to land acquisition

PUNE: While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) started work on its ambitious Kharadi-Shivane riverside road in 2012, eight years down the line, the project is still stuck due to land acquisition and the presence of authorised structures in some places along the route. Out of the total 17.10km road length, the PMC needs to acquire land for more than 2km so while the original deadline has been extended once till December 2021, it will have to be extended again in view of the current situation.

V G Kulkarni, chief superintendent engineer of the road department, said, “The corporation required land for more than 2km road stretch. The PMC is trying to complete work on phases 1 and 3. In phase 1, we need land for the 350m road stretch between Rajaram bridge and Mhatre Bridge.