Pune gets Rs56 crore for infrastructure projects

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) can now push its river restoration as well as construction and development of heritage sites along the Mula-Mutha river projects to completion at the earliest. The reason is that the Central government has released Rs56.63 crore to the PMC for executing infrastructure projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

The Union government released Rs23.84 crore for implementing the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project on four corridors.

Another project is construction and improvement of drains and development of heritage sites along the Mula-Mutha river. For this project the government released Rs17.49 crore.

The underground sewerage project received Rs12.88 crore. Mangesh Dighe, environment officer of the PMC told DNA, “The sewage flowing pipeline along the Mula-Mutha river is 70% over and the fund released by the government under the JNNURM will push the
project.”

However, the approach road to Sangamwadi bridge received Rs39 lakh. For the solid waste management project, the PMC received Rs4.36 crore.