Pune civic body mulls more riverside roads to ease traffic

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) wants to go ahead with the development of a road network along the Mutha riverside. PMC has got the high court nod for a 3.2 km road along the Mutha river.

Though the new Development Plan (DP) addresses the concern and insists on development along rivers, the civic administration also wants to build more roads along the Mutha river in areas where traffic congestion is more. An official concerned said that the PMC will go ahead with its road network plan as the city is growing and there is more pressure on the existing network.

New roads are suggested in the DP. River protection and road construction do not contradict each other and the PMC will lay new roads along the river to smoothen traffic flow, the official said.

The new Development Plan (DP) for the old city areas has a proposal for river conservation. The DP says that it is necessary to protect river banks in the mid-city areas. Efforts should be taken to protect the bio-diversity along the river stretch flowing in the congested areas of the city. The PMC plans to launch River Front Development for the same.