The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is waiting for a go-ahead from the state infrastructure committee to start work on the proposed 170-km ring road around Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. The corporation’s officials said it would be a public-private partnership.
“We are expecting a goahead for the ring road proposal. The state infrastructure committee is expected to give the green signal,” a senior MSRDC official said. The official added that the corporation on its own cannot implement the work as it has no funds.
“At least 50% of traffic problems of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad will be solved once the ring road is complete. The ring road will be a high capacity mass transit route which will also reduce accidents as vehicular traffic including heavy vehicles will be diverted outside the city,” the official said.
Last May, MSRDC officials had made a presentation for the state government on the proposed ring road. As per the presentation, the total cost of the project was Rs.10,408 crore including construction cost of Rs. 7,560 crore and land acquisition cost of Rs.2,848 crore.
The six-lane road would have two service lanes, a 7.5 km elevated road and a 12-km tunnel. This road would connect fringes of Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Kesnand, Lonikand, Tulapur, Murkal, Alandi, Dehu, Kiwale, Wakad, Baner, Pashan, Chandni Chowk, Katraj, Undri, Pisoli, Holkarwadi, and Wadki which would take care of vehicles travelling towards Solapur, Ahmednagar, Nashik, and other outbound traffic. MSRDC officials in their presentation had said that the cost of the road could be recovered by allotting additional floor space index (FSI).
After seeing the presentation last May, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had said that a final decision regarding the proposal would be taken. He said the MSRDC would construct the ring road which would take care of all outbound traffic which passes from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.
MSRDC, which had later invited bids for consultancy services for feasibility study and preparation of a detailed project report, had said that the proposed ring road, with an approximate length of 170 km, is divided into four parts. The corporation officials said that the first two parts were relatively accessible. The other two sections pass through defence areas, various dams, rivers and forest area.
The Union ministry of urban development has urged state governments and municipal corporations to identify the possibility of constructing ring roads like the Surat city ring road model. It has urged states and cities to get a proper study done on various aspects of ring road development which will help the city.
Surat has planned a self-financial model of development for the ring road. Listing the features of the Surat model, the ministry said that lands within 500 meters of the proposed ring road are reconstituted to get final plots which are buildable and regular in shape, with approach from defined roads. About 40 % of the land is taken for developing physical and social infrastructure, while 15 % to 20 % area is for roads (including ring road), 5 % area for parks, playgrounds, gardens and open space, 5 % for social infrastructure such as schools, dispensary, fire-brigade, and public utility spaces. About 10 % to 15 % of land is for sale for residential, commercial or industrial uses. Monetary funds from the sale of this land are to be used for providing infrastructural facilities. The ministry said that as per the model, about 60 % of the land is given back to landowners as final plot. Infrastructure fund is generated by permitting chargeable FSI (floor space index) up to 4 within 500 meters of ring road, sale of commercial plots, levying toll and levying one-time incremental contribution.
The ministry said that no model can be exactly replicated in other cities due to various differences – demographical, political, business, cultural and so on. However, the Surat model can be a learning experience for other cities which can draft a city specific financial model. ``The Surat model is without any financial assistance of the state or central government. The value of land which has increased by the planning of such a project is going to pay for the development or the city and other infrastructure,” the ministry said.
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