By the end of August, Pune Metro rail will submit the detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed 82.5-km route to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the final nod from state and central governments.
Metro authorities are also planning to make a 33-km stretch in Phase One operational by the end of March next year “In Phase One, work on the 33-km stretch will be completed by March-end next year. The 10-km route of Phase One has already been made operational in March. The remaining stretches will be gradually made operational, with the next extension from Garware College to Civil Court and Phugewadi to Civil Court, for which trial runs have started.
