State govt ready to fund Swargate- Katraj metro, says Ajit Pawar
Hindustan TimesPUNE With two metro routes – Vanaz to Garaware and Pimpri to Phugewadi being operational for the public from March 6, the Maharashtra state government is now in the process to approve the Swargate-Katraj underground metro which is part of the second phase. Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who is also the states finance minister said that the state government has decided to fund the project despite escalated cost due to underground metro rail. Madhuri Misal, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, said, “Standing committee has already given approval to Swargate to Katraj route and in Phase 2 of Metro, work will start for underground route.” As per revised estimates, PMC’s share has been increased to ₹733.85 crore, state government’s share is pegged at ₹585.23 crore and Union government’s share at ₹323.49 crore. Earlier, the Pune Municipal Corporation in September 2021 in its general body meeting cleared the revised proposal of extension of the underground metro rail route from Swargate to Katraj, a distance of 5.4km.