Overview
- Pune Metro Phase-2 adds Lines 4 and 4A at an estimated Rs 9,857.85 crore, covering 31.636 km with 28 elevated stations and a five-year completion target.
- Maha-Metro will implement the corridors from Kharadi to Khadakwasla and Nal Stop to Manik Baug with integration at Swargate, Nal Stop, Kharadi Bypass and Hadapsar Railway Station, as pre-construction studies proceed.
- The approval pushes Pune’s sanctioned metro network beyond 100 km, with combined daily ridership on the two new lines projected at about 4.09 lakh in 2028.
- The CCEA approved two multitracking works worth about Rs 2,781 crore: doubling the 141 km Devbhumi Dwarka (Okha)–Kanalus section and adding 3rd and 4th lines on the 32 km Badlapur–Karjat stretch, expanding the network by nearly 224 km.
- Railway capacity upgrades are expected to enable roughly 18 MTPA of additional freight, improve access for about 585 villages with 32 lakh people, and cut oil use by around 3 crore litres and CO2 by about 16 crore kg.