10 Facts About Pune Metro

Days after the foundation stone for the MahaPune Metro lines was laid, PMRDA approved Line 3 on 29 December 2016.

The opposing representatives said that the Pune Metro rail is going to be implemented by Special Purpose Vehicle.

MahaPune Metro claimed it to be temporary and revealed that an earlier plan to construct the pillars on the footpath was dropped due to utility lines running below the surface.

In September 2018, the National Monument Authority rejected permission sought by MahaPune Metro to build near Aga Khan Palace in the prohibited area of the monument.

However, as of March 2018, MahaPune Metro was negotiating loans worth 4,500 crore and 2,000 crore from the European Investment Bank and the French Development Agency.

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Pune Metro has started the preparation for the second phase of the metro.

However, citizens of Pune Metro did not want elevated routes as they felt that the roads could not bear the increased traffic that would result from the construction.

Subsequently, after the MahaPune Metro was formed and became a respondent in the EIL, it unsuccessfully moved the Supreme Court challenging the NGT's jurisdiction on the case.

Since 1 February 2018, the NGT's western zone bench in Pune Metro is unable to function following a Supreme Court order restricting single-member benches of the NGT from hearing cases.

The clearance is subject to MahaPune Metro complying with the recommendations made by the three-member expert committee, which had concluded that the construction would not damage riverbed hydrology.