After more than four years, Shivajinagar bus depot plan remains on paper
Hindustan TimesEven as the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited has nearly completed the Pune Metro Line-1 and Line-2 projects after razing the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus depot at Shivajinagar, the public transport utilities are yet to develop a bus facility under the public private partnership model. The Shivajinagar bus depot was shifted to Dairy Development Department’s Wakdewadi location 1.5 kilometre away after metro work began in December 2019. With four years gone and the plan still on paper, the authorities face heat after former member of legislative council Mohan Joshi warned MSRTC of protest if the bus depot is not restored to its original area at Shivajinagar. Dhananjay Mahajan, general manager, MSRTC, said, “It was decided at a meeting last week that Maha-Metro will develop the Shivajinagar bus depot.