India, July 9 -- In a bid to fast-track infrastructure projects that have been delayed due to pending land acquisition, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and district collectorate have decided to form a task force to carry out land acquisition forcibly over the next two months. The decision was taken during a meeting held on Tuesday with PMC commissioner Naval Kishore Ram, district collector Jitendra Dudi, and senior officials from both departments.

PMC commissioner Naval Kishore Ram told Hindustan Times, "We have decided to initiate forcible land acquisition in cases where negotiations have dragged on for too long. Important city projects, particularly road works, have been affected. The task force will prioritise acquisition work ov...