India, Dec. 2 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a Rs.203 crore plan to upgrade the Chandani Chowk-Bhugaon corridor, a key entry route for commuters arriving from the Konkan region. The project includes a flyover and a grade separator aimed at easing chronic congestion along the western approach to the city.

Prithviraj B P, additional municipal commissioner, said, "The flyover and grade separator will ease congestion. The project includes a two-kilometre flyover and a 30-metre-long, 70-metre-wide bridge over the Ram Nadi. Traffic delays at the river crossing will reduce. Work will begin once 80% land acquisition is completed."

While the proposed construction comes barely two years after the Centre spent Rs.800 crore on...