India, July 12 -- The Central Railway (CR) has completed the detailed project report (DPR) for the revised semi high-speed railway corridor connecting Pune, Ahilyanagar, Shirdi and Nashik. The development comes after union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in January 2025 instructed the railway administration to develop a new DPR taking into consideration the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at Khodad, Junnar, an international-level telescope research facility that was coming in the way of the original alignment of the Pune-Nashik route.

Engineers from the CR's Pune division conducted extensive surveys and completed the DPR. Currently, final corrections are being made to the paperwork, and the revised report is expected to be submi...