Maharashtra Government set to approve elevated Pune Metro on 14.295 km Vanaz-Ramwadi route.... sometime after the ongoing state legislature sessions ends next week
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Ravi Karandeekar
Apr 16, 2012, 10:30:32 PM4/16/12
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Pune Metro Story So Far:
• MAY 2006: Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar says he will look into the feasibility of a metro rail project if the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations submit a combined plan
• NOVEMBER 2006: A proposal is tabled before the PMC's standing committee to get a detailed project report from the DMRC
• MAY 2009: Civic activists, town planners and experts oppose the PMC's proposal which envisaged 4 FSI for a 500m area on either side of the 31.5-km proposed route
• JUNE 2009: The DMRC submits a final draft recommending its model for Pune
• DECEMBER 2009: The Pune Metro Sahakarya Samiti writes to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee asking him to look into the “technology scam” in the metro project
• JANUARY 2010: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) is approved in the civic body. All parties support the proposal
• MARCH 2010: The standing committee resolves to begin the metro railway on the proposed 14.925-km corridor from Vanaz to Ramwadi. The PCMC asks the DMRC to prepare a project report for the metro route along the Pune-Mumbai highway
• APRIL 2010: The standing committee decides on a special purpose vehicle for the project
• JUNE 2010: The PMC finally gives the green signal to the proposal to build the Vanaz-Ramwadi corridor
• FEBRUARY 2012: The state approves the project and promises provisions in the budget. Prithviraj Chavan says the plan would be sent to the Centre for a final approval within 15 days
• FEBRUARY 2012: Ajit Pawar opposes elevated metro
• APRIL 2012: Ajit Pawar does a volte-face, backs elevated metro
• NOVEMBER 2006: A proposal is tabled before the PMC's standing committee to get a detailed project report from the DMRC
• MAY 2009: Civic activists, town planners and experts oppose the PMC's proposal which envisaged 4 FSI for a 500m area on either side of the 31.5-km proposed route
• JUNE 2009: The DMRC submits a final draft recommending its model for Pune
• DECEMBER 2009: The Pune Metro Sahakarya Samiti writes to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee asking him to look into the “technology scam” in the metro project
• JANUARY 2010: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) is approved in the civic body. All parties support the proposal
• MARCH 2010: The standing committee resolves to begin the metro railway on the proposed 14.925-km corridor from Vanaz to Ramwadi. The PCMC asks the DMRC to prepare a project report for the metro route along the Pune-Mumbai highway
• APRIL 2010: The standing committee decides on a special purpose vehicle for the project
• JUNE 2010: The PMC finally gives the green signal to the proposal to build the Vanaz-Ramwadi corridor
• FEBRUARY 2012: The state approves the project and promises provisions in the budget. Prithviraj Chavan says the plan would be sent to the Centre for a final approval within 15 days
• FEBRUARY 2012: Ajit Pawar opposes elevated metro
• APRIL 2012: Ajit Pawar does a volte-face, backs elevated metro
WHAT LIES AHEAD
• DPR to be forwarded to urban development ministry, Planning Commission and finance ministry for approval
• Signing of an MOU between state and Centre giving details of the joint venture
• Setting up of an SPV for implementing the project and its subsequent operation and maintenance
• State government to formulate funding plan and get it approved by the Centre
• The government will have to freeze all development along the suggested corridors
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