SUMMARY REPORT (PFR)

FOR

Pune Ring road Project (Eastern Alignment)

SUBMITTED BY

MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (A Govt. of Undertaking) JULY 2016

MSRDC 1

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Preamble:

Pune is the ninth-most populous city in and the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after the state capital city of . Pune is also the 101st largest city in the world, by population. Situated about 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau, on the right bank of the . Pune city is the administrative headquarters of . The traffic around Pune city has been increasing at high rate due to industrial and other socio-economic development, thus necessitating capacity augmentation of the existing radial routes emanating from the city. Besides, through traffic, i.e. traffic originating outside Pune and destined outside Pune, is passing through Pune City thus overloading the intra city network and creating traffic congestion. Therefore, to decongest the city of Pune it is essential to create a road network for through traffic which can circumvent the city limit and pass hassle free. With this objective Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has conceived to build a circular road around Pune City – .

Based on various alternative alignment option study, the proposed project road shall lie Urse (18°42'43.06"N, 73°39'1.28"E) with a junction with Mumbai-Pune Expressway (km 84), and shall meet NH-4 (km818+200) at Khed Shivapur (18°19'22.35"N, 73°51'21.57"E) before Toll Plaza via Sortapwadi (on NH-50).

1.2 Project Description:

The eastern part of Pune Ring Road was conceived to be built in following three parts/segments:

 Part I (Appx. Length 40.98 Km) : Sortapwadi (NH-9)-Kuruli (NH-50)  Part II (Appx. Length 25.98 Km): Kuruli (NH-50) to Urse (Mumbai-Pune Expressway)  Part III (Appx. Length 34.15 Km): Khed Shivapur (NH-4) to Kanifnath – Sortapwadi (NH-9)

However based on the approved alignment corridor and expected traffic homogeneity the proposed road has four following quadrants as given below in Table 1.

Table 1: Pune Ring Road Alignment Sections Quadrant Road Section Design Chainage Length (km) From To Q1 Mumbai-Pune Expressway to Nashik road (NH-50) 0+000 25+100 25.1 Q2 Nashik road (NH-50) to Nagar road (SH) 25+100 47+500 22.4 Q3 Nagar road (SH) to Solapur road (NH-9) 47+500 67+090 19.59 Q4 Solapur road (NH-9) to Satara road (NH-4) 67+090 101+460 34.37 Total 101.46

The project road is proposed to be of expressway standard having 6-lane with paved shoulder with provision of future 8-laning. Hence the proposals are mostly in conformity with the provisions of MORT&H Expressway Guidelines 2010, published by IRC.

MSRDC 2

It passes through 48 villages under 5 Talukas, viz. Maval, Khed, Haveli, Purander and .

The estimated cost for the entire stretch of the project is Rs. 3652 Crores. Some parts of the alignment pass through the forest land and barren land. Wherever the forest land is involved, the clearance will be required from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), .

1.3 Importance of the Project:

The traffic in and around Pune is increasing at high rate due to industrial and other socio economic development in and around Pune City. There are many arterial roads passing through Pune city. National Highway No. 4, 9 and 50 and some other important State Highways cross Pune city. As a result road radiating from city in all directions needs to be widened to 4 lane to 6 lane. However vehicles which are coming from one direction and proceeding to other direction passed through the Pune City, thereby creating traffic problems. Such passing traffic, if diverted through road network outside the city limits, it will solve/decongest traffic problem intra city. In absence of these peripheral connections, the load of external floating traffic is ever increasing on the intra city road network. To overcome this problem, an idea of Pune Ring Road is come forward.

1.4 Components of the project:

The proposed Pune Ring Road, which is entirely a green field alignment, has multi-dimensional facets with respect to land use, physical features and road geometry. As decided by Client the project road shall be a 6-lane highway to be developed with expressway standard with provision of future 8-lane. Considering all these aspects the section-wise policy adopted for developing the ring road based on the initial investigations.

Development of a highway essentially consists of two components, viz. Geometric and Structural. Geometric improvement deals with visible dimensions of roadway and is dictated by the traffic and economic considerations. Geometric design involves several design elements such as horizontal and vertical alignments, sight distance considerations, cross sectional elements, lateral and vertical clearances, intersection treatment, control of access, etc. The structural component deals with the pavement, embankment design and structure design aspects, i.e. the ability of the highway to adequately carry and support the vehicle / wheel loads over the design period.

The development proposals for the proposed ring road include the provision for the following major items:  Geometric Improvements and realignments  Bypasses  Pavement  Road Junctions  Bridges and Cross-Drainage Structures  Safety and Special Problems and  Road Appurtenances

The road furniture, traffic safety features and other facilities included in the design are:

MSRDC 3

 Bus Bays  Truck Lay byes  Road Markings  Traffic Signs  Kilometre Stone Details  200m Stones and Boundary Stones  Delineators and Object Markers  Guard Post  Crash Barrier

The project will also increase transportation connectivity to NH-4 Highway, Mumbai Pune Expressway, Pune-Solapur Highway NH-9, Pune – Nashik Highway NH-50, Pune- Nagar Road.

Along with this it is also proposed to have area development, real estate development, medical facilities, food courts, police stations, public toilets, petrol pumps. Other planned activities include construction of intersections/junctions, culverts and drainage works, toll plazas and ancillary structures, temporary access, diversion roads and site location for Wet Mix Macadam Plant (WMM plant) and other road construction related plants and establishments.

The offsite work includes, quarrying from nearby quarry sites, labour camps, material storage yard, earth from nearby burrow area and dumping of construction spoils at dumping sites.

MSRDC 4