The Pune civic body has approved new metro routes from Hadapsar to Loni Kalbhor and Hadapsar to Saswad Road railway station to be developed at a cost of Rs 5,704 crore.

The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha-Metro) implementing the Pune metro rail project had submitted its detailed project report (DPR) to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) of the two new routes from Hadapsar to Loni Kalbhor and Hadapsar to Saswad road. 

“The DPR for the two new routes is being approved on the condition that the PMC will not give a guarantee to repay the loan for implementing the project. The Pune civic body would only have an agreement for Rs 3.6 crore for acquisition of land for the project,” said municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale.

As per the DPR, the proposed metro route from Hadapsar to Loni Kalbhor will be of 11.35 km and have ten metro stations while the Hadapsar to Saswad Road railway station will be 5.57 km long with four metro stations. 

The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 4,686 crore which would be contributed 20 percent each by the state and union government while 60 per cent will be raised through loan.