PCMC To Table Metro Plan In July
PUNE: Close on heels of the Pune Municipal Corporation general body approving the metro project, its counterpart in Pimpri-Chinchwad is expected to table a similar proposal in July.
PCMC municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma said, “The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been directed to prepare a report incorporating suggestions made by us. The report will be received in a few days and we will table the proposal in the general body meeting in July.”
Earlier, the PMC and the PCMC were to jointly implement the metro project in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad under the Union government’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.
But after the PMC approved the project on its own on the Ramwadi-Vanaz route two days ago, the PCMC decided to go solo on a few routes.
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