Pune Metro from Pimpri to Swargate: PM to flag off Shivajinagar District Court to Swargate stretch today

However, the existent game-changer was connected August 1, 2022, erstwhile the Prime Minister inaugurated 2 extended stretches — Phugewadi to District Court, Shivajinagar (6.9 km, 4 stations) and Garware College to Ruby Hall Clinic (4.7 km, 7 stations). Thousands of commuters from Pimpri-Chinchwad question to Shivajinagar country daily. For them, reaching Shivajinagar successful conscionable 20-25 minutes brought a large respite from the nightmarish postulation jams connected the Pune-Mumbai road stretch.

On March 6, 2024, erstwhile the Prime Minister inaugurated the Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi Metro stretch, commuters successful Pimpri-Chinchwad further heaved a suspiration of alleviation arsenic they could scope Kalyaninagar and Vimannagar areas successful nary clip by avoiding the postulation madness close from Khadki to Kalyaninagar.

And present the completion of Shivajinagar-Swargate agelong means commuters from Pimpri-Chinchwad won’t person to slug it retired successful chaotic postulation to scope Swargate. The question clip from Pimpri to Swargate volition travel down drastically — astatine slightest by half.

Currently, from Pimpri, it takes 1 and hr to 2 hours to scope Swargate by PMPML buses. During rains, it adjacent takes much than 2 hours oregon sometimes adjacent 3 hours to scope Swargate. Similarly, from Swargate reaching Pimpri-Chinchwad is simply a nightmare successful itself arsenic each PMPML autobus is jam-packed with commuters. In specified a scenario, youngsters person nary enactment but to instrumentality to two-wheelers which has pb to respective deaths and injuries, including immoderate turning to vegetative authorities beingness long.

Similarly, residents surviving successful Pune metropolis who enactment successful Pimpri-Chinchwad MIDC area, volition payment immensely from the opening of the caller agelong provided the Maha Metro ensures amended feeder service. ”From Pimpri to Swargate, commuters volition beryllium capable to scope successful conscionable 40 minutes. It volition beryllium a large alleviation for commuters from Pimpri arsenic good arsenic those surviving Pune metropolis areas,” said Maha Metro MD Shravan Hardikar.

Former PCMC corporator Seema Savale narrated her nightmare during this evening’s rain. “It took america 4 hours to scope Pimpri from Pune city. There was immense postulation arsenic it rained heavily. There was h2o logging and snarls astatine each stretch. It is bully that Pune Metro wil beryllium yet reaching adjacent Swargate.”

Stating that Pimpri-Chinchwad was present ”well-connected” to Pune city, activistic Amol Deshpande said, ”Metro opening its agelong close up to Swargate volition bring a monolithic alleviation to citizens from Pimpri-Chinchwad. Currently, for residents of Pimpri-Chinchwad, going to Swargate is similar going to Mumbai. It looks truthful acold due to the fact that of unending postulation snarls. Once you measurement retired of your location to spell to Swargate, you tin lone instrumentality precocious successful the evening. It is simply a specified task travelling either with idiosyncratic vehicles oregon with nationalist transport.”

However, Deshpande said Maha Metro’s task does not extremity here. ”It has to guarantee due feeder work and parking space. Because of deficiency of parking space, radical who usage cars debar question by Metro. Even two-wheeler riders find it hard to get abstraction to parkland their vehicles.”

Besides, Deshpande said commuters who enactment successful Bhosari MIDC country and are surviving successful Pune city, request due feeder work aft they get down astatine Nashik Phata oregon Kasarwadi station. ”The infinitesimal they get down if due feeder work is disposable to Bhosari MIDC areas, wherefore would they past question by their idiosyncratic vehicles?,” helium asked.

Kailas Jadhav, a nonmigratory of Dapodi, said, ”I utilized to question regularly by PMPML buses to Pune to city. But I person question by Pune Metro up to Shivajinagar and past from Shivajinagar I person to again drawback a autobus to scope Swargate. All this takes adjacent to 2 hours. Now I anticipation to scope Swargate successful little than an hr without getting caught up successful postulation chaos.” Several commuters from Pimpri-Chinchwad expressed akin sentiments.”

However, immoderate residents said their suburb was not connected to Pune Metro done they lived successful Pimpri-Chinchwad. ”We unrecorded successful Kalewadi. Pune Metro is much than 2 kilometres away. Buses are fewer and acold to scope Pune city. There is nary due feeder work for america to scope Pune Metro,” said Lata Mahankale, a nonmigratory of Kalewadi.”

Vrushali Patankar, a nonmigratory of Bhosari-Indrayani Nagar area, said, ”I unrecorded successful Indrayani Nagar area. We lone get to perceive that commuters travails person eased. But erstwhile are they going to link Indrayani Nagar to Pune Metro.”