India, Jan. 2 -- With Pune preparing for municipal elections after a gap of nine years, the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC's) long tenure has come under public and political scrutiny. While political parties have made the civic body's performance a central election plank, voters too are weighing in on big-ticket projects in terms of infrastructure delivery versus problems such as traffic congestion, disruption in water supply, and haphazard development planning.

Over a period of nine years, the PMC has initiated several high-profile infrastructure projects including the Katraj Chowk flyover, Shivajinagar double-decker flyover, Sadhu Vaswani Road flyover, Japan International Cooperation Agency/JICA-funded water and sewerage project, an...