Traffic To Pass Through Pune University Campus To Decongest Chowk: Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil
Pune, 7th February 2023: Pune Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil has taken the initiative to solve the traffic jam at University Chowk as the Pune Metro work is going on Ganeshkhind road. To solve the traffic jam, the university administration has shown a positive attitude in the meeting attended by Guardian Minister Patil to divert the traffic coming from Aundh through Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) to reduce the traffic jam at the University chowk.
Pune University Registrar Prafulla Pawar, Pro Vice-Chancellor Sanjeev Sonawane, Pune University Executive Engineer Vijay Dhavale, University Development Forum Coordinator Rajesh Pande, Pune Municipal Corporation’s Additional Commissioner Vikas Dhakne, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic branch) Vijaykumar Magar were present in the meeting.
In this meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the measures to solve the traffic jam at Pune University Chowk. Till the completion of the flyover, a proposal was made to construct a new road from the main gate of the university to the Vaikunth Mehta National Cooperative Management Institute. The proposal was also approved by the Pune Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (PUMTA).
The approval of the university administration was required for the implementation of the said work. For this, the Higher and Technical Education Minister of the State and Guardian Minister of Pune District Chandrakantada Patil took the initiative. For this, Patil held a meeting with the concerned officers of the University Administration, Municipal Corporation and Traffic Police Department. In this meeting, Guardian Minister Patil gave instructions to solve the traffic jam at Vidyapeeth Chowk immediately.
He also instructed officials to divert the traffic to alternative routes to solve the traffic congestion on the said routes until the flyover construction work is completed. This has also been favoured by the university administration. Therefore, the way out of the traffic jam at Pune Vidyapeeth Chowk has been cleared.
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