India, July 30 -- Nearly four months after paying a whopping Rs.21.57 crore in compensation for acquisition of the private land that was posing an obstacle to the construction of a 300-metre cement-concrete (CC) road near Katraj Chowk - a known traffic chokepoint in the city - the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has opened only one stretch of the road, leading to continued congestion for thousands of commuters who use this route daily.

Two weeks ago, the PMC placed a divider and opened one side of the road for traffic headed from Katraj to Kondhwa while the other side of the road for traffic headed from Kondhwa to Katraj highway continues to remain closed.

The PMC began construction of this road after acquiring a key land parcel at sur...