Advocacy related meetings on Pedestrian issues are going to happen with different stakeholders from January. Updates on this are coming soon.
Different stakeholders include: Local Corporators, Corporation officials, Police officials, Mohalla Committees, Senior Citizen Groups, Organisations and activists working on pedestrians issues.
Safe pedestrian crossing proposed at Ganeshkhind Road
Parisar has proposed a safe crossing for pedestrians on Ganeshkhind road at the road opening in front of
Cosmos bank (near Range Hill corner) to address the issue of pedestrian safety while crossing at this
location. A dangerous situation has arisen due to the ongoing Metro work on this road and the failure of
Maha Metro to provide a safe place for pedestrians to cross. The complete barricading of this road has
led to a higher detour length on the road stretch of almost 1.3 km from University chowk to Central
Mall. Pedestrians are forced to risk their lives while crossing the 36m wide arterial road with speeding
vehicle at Cosmos bank location. An opening is provided only for vehicles to take a U-turn for Senapati
Bapat Road and Range hill road, with no consideration for pedestrians who have to cross.
A proposal to rectify this situation was presented in the NMT committee meeting conducted on 4th
February 2021. The Corporation engineers agreed that the situation requires an intervention. The NMT
Committee was created to ensure the proper implementation of Pune’s Pedestrian Policy, Urban Street
Design Guidelines and the Comprehensive Bicycle Plan.
Ganeshkhind road is an arterial road connecting to Aundh, Baner, Balewadi, Hinjewadi and Pimpri-
Chinchwad, and faces high traffic volume. The Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro line work is also under
progress along the stretch. The road has neighborhoods like Bhosale Nagar, Model Colony and
institutional buildings like colleges, banks, malls, IT offices, restaurants, and commercial spaces.
Naturally, the pedestrian footfall is high on this road, but the road lacks adequate safe crossings for
pedestrians.
Proposal design by UD. Ar. Aditya Chawande