Pune officials told to finish HCMTR, Inner Ring Road land measurement by November 20

Pune, November 12, 2026: Officials have been asked to speed up land acquisition for two major infrastructure projects in the city, the High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) and the Inner Ring Road. Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram and District Collector Jitendra Dudi gave the directions.

A review meeting looked at the progress of land acquisition for both projects. The departments concerned were told to complete the measurement of private land and the remaining joint measurements by Friday, November 20, 2026.

On the HCMTR project, officials reviewed how much land has to be taken from private property owners and the status of the process. The officials concerned were told to take up the measurement of these properties first and to complete the process as soon as possible to avoid delays in acquisition.

Problems arising during acquisition were also discussed at the meeting. The departments were directed to resolve them immediately.

On the Inner Ring Road project, the progress of joint land measurement and acquisition was also discussed. Officials were told to finish all remaining joint measurements without delay and then speed up the next stages of acquisition.

Those present included Additional Municipal Commissioners Pavneet Kaur (General) and Omprakash Diwate (Special), City Engineer Aniruddha Pawaskar, Chief Engineer (Roads) Rajesh Bankar, Deputy Commissioner Nikhil More, and officials and staff of the departments concerned.