India, May 15 -- Construction work on the service road along National Highway 48, which runs through the Pimpri-Chinchwad area, will commence next month. The service road will be upgraded and widened through a collaborative effort between the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), said officials.

The vital service road stretch of over 20 kilometres in the Pimpri-Chinchwad limits will be developed and widened. The work will commence in June, and the work order for the same has been allotted by the NHAI officials, they said.

A review meeting was held on Tuesday to accelerate the project was held by municipal commissioner Shekhar Singh, with senior officials from both agencies in ...