India, July 14 -- After repeated complaints from commuters and flyers about traffic congestion, the Airport Road traffic division and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will soon start a drive to decongest the arterial routes leading to the airport.

Officials said the traffic jams-worsened during peak hours-are caused by infrastructure bottlenecks, roadside encroachments, and indiscriminate parking by cabs and private vehicles.

The police department has written to the PMC in the last week seeking to widen the Vishrantwadi-Airport Road stretch where traffic is reported.

Ravindra Kadam, a senior police inspector and in charge of the Airport Road traffic division, said, "We have written to the PMC road department seeking urgent widening of ...