Pune News: Failure on the part of the Pune Municipal Corporation to build a road divider on Sanjay Gandhi Road has led to the traffic police shelving a plan to decongest the Pune Railway Station area.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) had sought introduction of two-way traffic on Sanjay Gandhi Road from Pune Railway Station to Maldhakka.

Traffic snarls are common in the vicinity of the railway station. To decongest the area, the city traffic branch and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had agreed to the plan for two-way traffic movement. The PMC was asked to construct a road divider and remove the traffic island opposite the railway station.

“We had communicated our suggestion to the PMC during the meeting of traffic mobility committee last year. It was decided that a road divider will be constructed and the traffic island will be removed,” said police inspector Milind Patil, in-charge of Cantonment division of traffic branch.

The traffic plan, designed by College of Engineering, Pune is yet to see the light of the day. “The Kasba Peth ward office, which was to undertake the job, was closed down and the work got stalled,” said a PMC official.

The Sanjay Gandhi Road has been operating as a one-way since 2005.

According to the MSRTC, the road had been reduced to a hub of private transport operators with their buses and taxis occupying a major portion of the carriageway.
 

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