Within hours of my last blog 'Update on Metro' I am shocked to read the news that Maharashtra State Government is all set to approve proposal for Vanaz - Ramwadi elevated corridor for Metro.
It appears that our campaign for better Metro has fallen to deaf ears and also the decision makers for some reasons are determined to permenantly damage visual character of Pune. May be some of them are Pune haters who do not want Pune to compete with other cities and emerge as good city to live in so that some other cities gain upper hand and prosper at cost of Pune.
As the fear comes true - additional FSI on Metro corridor is also approved as per the news. Our Commissioner and Hon. Guardian Minister categorically ruled out additional FSI option for finance in our meetings and assured that it will not be done. But the reality appears otherwise.
It is known now that DMRC is pushing for similar overhead Metro in other tier 2 cities also. This is surely very disturbing and detrimental to development of these cities. Learning from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore experience, elevated metro should be banned permanently. Metro should be either on grade or underground.
Pune Technical Coalition must now explore how can we save Pune from this menace of Elevated Metro.
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