India, Jan. 23 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) recent infrastructure push has gone beyond resurfacing roads, delivering a visible facelift to large parts of the city through installations, wall paintings, graffiti, redesigned dividers and improved signage-an effort that has reshaped both how Pune moves and how it looks during the ongoing Pune Grand Tour cycle race event. Now, citizens have expressed hope that the civic body will ensure that the condition of roads not covered under the competition will also be brought up to standard, and it will be a continued effort throughout the year.

Over the past three months, PMC has overhauled nearly 75 km of major city roads while simultaneously focusing on streetscape aesthetics, an app...