Corporators' green signal to Light Rail Transport.

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration, citing feasibility issues, has been opposing the poposed light rail transport (LRT) project from Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi. Corporators in the civic standing committee recently went ahead and gave the nod to the project and sought finaces from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for the project.

There has been demand for a mass transport service on the 21.6 km route connecting Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) prepared a detailed project report for PMC. The civic administration referred it to the metro cell for a feasibility study.

'There is dire need of a mass transport service from the city to infotech park in Hinjewadi as lakhs of citizens travel everyday to the park for job. The existing public transport system cannot cater to the need and many travel by private vehicles leading to traffic chaos,' said Bapu Karne, chairperson of the standing committee.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS