Villagers oppose new railway project

Several villagers have been protesting the newly proposed railway line from Talegaon Dabhade to Uruli Kanchan to be shifted elsewhere, citing that much of their land has already been acquired for MIDC and ring road projects, while the remaining will also be gone under the new rail line.

- Shubham Kurale

To address the increasing traffic congestion in Pune, the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced in June that a new railway line that will connect Talegaon to Shikrapur via Uruli Kanchan is planned in the first phase and from Shikrapur to Daund in the later stage.

The proposed corridor will be parallel to the development on Pune's outer ring road, while the farmers and residents of Kuruli, Nighoje, Moi, Chimbali, Dehu Gaon and other villages have opposed the said project and are demanding to bypass it from elsewhere.