| Country: | IND |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Pune Ring Road | |
| Length Km: | 105 |
| Direction A: | North |
| Terminus A: | Alandi |
| Junction: |
in Mumbai - Pune section of highway in Pune - Bengaluru section of highway in Pune - Saswad - Palkhi Marg in Pune - Solapur Highway |
| Direction B: | South |
| Terminus B: | Katraj |
| State: | Maharashtra |
| Maint: | Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Pune Municipal Corporation, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation |
| Cities: | Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad |
Pune Ring Road (Officially PMRDA Ring road) or Pune inner ring road is one of the three ring roads planned for construction in and around the city of Pune, India.[1] Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority claimed that the road will decrease traffic congestion and provide better access to the fastest growing areas. The road will be 173 km long and will service twenty-nine villages by connecting all highways around the city. The cost is estimated at .[2] The other two ring roads are MSRDC ring road and High-capacity mass transit route.
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune Municipal Corporation and Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority are responsible for the road plan and purchase of the required land. The Public Works Department suggested that the Design-Finance-Build-Operate-Transfer model be used.
Two stretches of this ring road from lohegaon to charholi and from solu to nirgudi (this strech lies in forested area) will be constructed by public private partnership as per PMRDA. The state government wants both ring roads (inner as well as outer) to be completed soon for reducing traffic in inner city. The patch between lohegoan to charholi is 5.7 km with estimated cost of 150 crores and between solu to nirgudi is 4.8 km with estimated cost of 400 crores thus taking the total cost to 550 crores. PMRDA to construct two stretches of Inner Ring Road via credit note on pilot basis (hindustan times 24 Feb 2024)
On 12 July 2007, Maharashtra Chief Minister Sri Vilasrao Deshmukh proposed a ring road around city of Pune. The Pune District Guardian Minister proposed that the road be 120 meters wide with service roads.
On 16 January 2014, the Government of Maharashtra approved the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation's proposal for preparing a detailed project report.[3]
The government announced the formation of the authority on 2 April 2015.[4] The authority prioritizes Metro and Ring Road works and promises to turn these plans into reality. On 26 July 2015, Pune NCP leader Ajit Pawar described irregularities in the detailed project report. The Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a new survey, and the work was given to the authority.[5] On 7 November 2015, authority completed the land survey. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation planned to take measures to commence construction.[6]
On 8 November 2019, Times of India reported that according to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, only 24% of the needed land had been used for the first phase and "officials are awaiting central funds to speed up the project."[7] [8]
The ring road will be 105 km long when completed. The road will consist of 2 lanes on both sides, and will include 8 flyovers, 4 bridges over railways, 7 viaducts, 14 subway roads, 13 tunnels (with a total subterranean distance of 3.75 km), and will cost an estimated ₹104.08 billion (US$1.5bn). The total land used for the project will be 48 hectares (118.6 acres) of government-owned land, and 25 hectares (61.8 acres) of privately owned land.[9]
This project will be completed in four phases:[10]
Representatives of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) have declared that an alternate Ring Road will include 14 multi-level interchanges, 8 major bridges, 18 viaducts, 17 tunnels, and 4 roads over bridges, thus allowing for straightforward traffic management.[11] Almost 40 km patch of MSRDC ring road and PMRDA ring road lap with each other.