India, April 17 -- Even as work begins on the Pune Metro extension from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to Nigdi, construction of the Khadki and Range Hill stations along the existing Pimpri to Swargate metro route continues to remain incomplete, causing daily inconvenience to thousands of commuters.

While the Pimpri to Swargate metro line has been fully operational since September 24, 2024, it continues to skip both the Khadki and Range Hill stations as they are not yet opened to the public. As a result, passengers are forced to travel directly from Shivajinagar to Bopodi without a halt in between.

Abhijit Adsul, a commuter from Khadki, rued, "People have to either go to Shivajinagar or Bopodi station and then take an aut...