Does Pune need Metro?

Pune Metro is a metro rail based rapid transit system under construction to serve the city of Pune, India. As of December 2019, the system comprises 3 lines with a total length of 54.58 km.

Will Pune metro reduce traffic?

With Metro Commuters will get diverted to Metro reducing the congestion on roads. Air Quality of the city is going down. Notably high due to higher no of vehicles on road. Will drastically reduce as the congestion on road will reduce.

Does Pune comes under Metro city?

Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) is the metropolitan region around the city of Pune. According to practical purposes, PMR comprises two Municipal Corporations of PMC and PCMC and three Cantonment Boards, spread over an area of 7,256.46 km2.

Who owns metro in Pune?

About Maha Metro MAHA-METRO a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV),a 50:50 jointly owned company of Government of India and Government of Maharashtra.

Who is constructing Pune Metro?

Pune Metro Phase 1’s Contractors

Contract	Contractor
Civil Court – Ramwadi (7.657 km viaduct’s construction for Line-2)	J Kumar Infraprojects
25KV Flexible Overhead Catenary system (OCS / OHE) with 22/25 KV RSS/TSS for Priority Section (PCMC – Phugewadi) of Line-1	Bright Power Projects (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Is Pune Metro a Government or private?

Why doesn’t Pune have a metro?

The very fact that Pune doesn’t have a metro, is probably that, people don’t want it. Some might say, people don’t deserve it, but Pune being a cosmopolitan/Metropolitan city, deserves almost everything, any other cosmopolitan/Metropolitan city has.

Is MMC planning to change route of Nagpur Metro?

After which, only now in 2016 the contract is awarded to Maharashtra Metro Corporation which will do both the Nagpur as well as the Pune Metro now. Interestingly, The MMC is considering change in route along with other changes, which proves that DMRC plans were not in accordance to the city needs.

Do we really need a metro?

Then a Metro becomes redundant, and what would be more useful is a good network of buses and BRT , cycling paths and pavements within arterial roads. A Metro cannot provide for this need. The planning of the Metro routes is another questionable issue.

Will a metro eliminate pollution and traffic congestion in the city?

A strong belief that a Metro will eliminate pollution and traffic congestion in the city has been formed in people’s minds. Nowhere in the DPR is there a mention of this (and justifiably so) as a Metro is incapable of addressing this issue as a system by itself.