India, Aug. 10 -- To ease congestion during the ongoing flyover and grade separator construction at Vishrantwadi's Mukundrao Ambedkar Chowk, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is set to open the historic Tank Road-built decades ago to transport military tanks from Defence Research and Development Organisation in Dighi to the 512 Army Base Workshop in Khadki-for regular traffic.

Stretching about 10km, the road was once an exclusive military testing route, before rapid urbanisation and hawker encroachment transformed it into a busy corridor over the years.

Civic officials said that the route will be asphalted and widened after getting requisite permissions from the Centre. "This alternative route will help maintain traffic flow during p...