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EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
PUNE, June 17: Citizens of Pune Cantonment can hope to see major improvements in their area in the next five years. Not only is the unkempt Chhatrapati Shivaji Market expected to get a new lease of life, but the traffic congestion on the roads are expected to be considerably reduced with the construction of stilt parking at the road next to Bombay Garage, the road opposite Mangal Vihar and J J J Garden corner behind Aurora Towers.
The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has drawn up an ambitious five-year plan to take on a number of developmental works following directives issued by the Central Government. The board has first decided to widen all the Cantonment Fund roads and shift the MSEB poles which are presently obstructing traffic. The entire sewerage system in the civil area of the cantonment will be re-modelled and improved. The project has been estimated at around Rs. 4 crore.
MES Roads which are in a pretty bad state owing to the refusal of the department to resurface them on the grounds that the civil population used them will now be done up by the board. The cantonment board has earmarked Ghorpuri Road, Salisbury Road, Wanowrie Road and AFSC Road near Koregaon Park for widening and re-surfacing.
A commercial complex has been earmarked at the site of Shankarsheth Road while a fire engine shed is slated to come up in the complex of the Fire Brigade off Shankarsheth Road. The other projects which will soon be taken up by the cantonment board include an electric crematorium at Muktidham, residential quarters for cantonment board employees and extension of school buildings at New Modikhana and Old Modikhana.
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