Pune District Collector has directed officials to complete joint land surveys for PMC’s 24-metre-wide High Capacity Mass Transit Route HCMTR and PMRDA’s 65-metre-wide Inner Ring Road by October 30, 2026, setting a firm deadline to expedite land acquisition for two of Pune’s most critical traffic relief projects. The deadline was set at a review meeting at the collector’s office on Thursday attended by senior officials from the district administration, PMC, PMRDA and traffic police. Officials have been asked to complete land demarcation and measurements along both proposed routes within the ten-day period while PMC has also been directed to submit supplementary documents and technical reports required for approval to transfer state government-controlled land. Additional Commissioner of Police Traffic said in a presentation that both projects would significantly ease traffic pressure across the city once executed.
The review meeting also covered preparations for the Pune Grand Tour 2027 cycling race with officials reporting a positive response on the process concerning land owned by defence and railway departments which had been identified as a key hurdle. PMC commissioner, PMRDA commissioner, additional municipal commissioners and senior police and district officials all attended the meeting signalling the high-level coordination being brought to bear on Pune’s most pressing infrastructure timelines. For a city where both the HCMTR and Inner Ring Road have been discussed for decades, the October 30 joint survey deadline combined with PMC’s standing committee approval of Rs 2,634 crore for land acquisition represents the most operationally concrete phase either project has ever entered, making the next ten days a significant test of whether the survey machinery can deliver on schedule and keep both projects on their promised trajectories.