Pune: PMRDA Expedites Inner Ring Road Project with ₹44 Crore Land Acquisition Allocation for First Phase
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The Maharashtra state government has released initial funding of ₹44 crore to accelerate private land negotiations for the first phase of the proposed 65-metre wide Inner Ring Road in the Pune Metropolitan Region.
The fund, transferred directly to the district collectorate by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, will be used to purchase lands across Solu in Khed taluka, alongside Vadgaon Shinde and Nirgudi in Haveli taluka through direct private negotiations.
A district-level committee headed by the collector has already determined compensation rates for the identified stretches. The land acquisition process itself is being executed through the Special Land Acquisition Officer Office No. 26.
The overall project encompasses an 83-kilometre belt designed to divert heavy transit traffic away from core urban arterial routes. In total, the metropolitan development body requires approximately 735 hectares of land across multiple jurisdictions.
The route alignment includes 39.22 kilometres stretching across 21 villages under the development authority’s jurisdiction, alongside 39.27 kilometres passing through 21 villages within Pune Municipal Corporation limits. A smaller section spanning 4.63 kilometres falls under the Uruli Kanchan and Fursungi municipal council areas.
Under the current acquisition guidelines, landowners opting for direct consent agreements will receive a 25 percent bonus over the standard compensation valuation, alongside prompt payment transfers to expedite possession.
Metropolitan Commissioner Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari said the administration aims to secure voluntary consent from property owners to ensure the project stays on schedule, adding that compulsory acquisition proceedings under existing land laws will be initiated for unconsented parcels if deadlines are missed.
Following the completion of land handovers in Solu and Vadgaon Shinde, civil contractors are expected to begin groundwork on the initial 39-kilometre section to relieve bottlenecking across central transit corridors.
