India, Feb. 26 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally acquired a crucial 60-meter Development Plan (DP) road-bound property, resolving a major traffic bottleneck at Katraj Chowk after 28 years. The civic body has paid Rs.21.57 crore in cash compensation for 40 gunthas (40000 sq feet) of land, bringing it under PMC's control and paving the way for congestion relief on Katraj-Kondhwa road and Katraj Chowk.

The acquisition was completed on Tuesday with municipal commissioner Dr Rajendra Bhosale, additional municipal commissioner Prithviraj BP, and deputy Commissioner Pratibha Patil playing a key role, while deputy engineer Digambar Bangar, branch engineer Rupali Dhage, draftsman Santosh Shinde, and special land acquisition offi...