India, Nov. 14 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has instructed its administration to expedite work on 19 ongoing road projects developed under the public-private Partnership (PPP) model and to immediately begin the process of land acquisition.

PMC additional commissioner Omprakash Diwate held a review meeting with officials from the road department and other departments concerned to assess the progress of the projects.

"Under the PPP model, a total of 19 roads with a combined length of 37 km has been proposed. Of these, work on around 12 km has been completed so far," Diwate said.

He added that the road department has been directed to coordinate closely with the transferable development rights (TDR) department and other relevant...