Green light given to the construction of a 1 km tunnel between Paud road and Gokhale Nagar in the city of Pune, beginning behind the MIT campus and emerging at the Mafco company's premises at Gokhalenagar. Pune Infrastructure Development Ltd. had submitted a proposal to the Pune municipal corporation (PMC) in June 2001 on a BOT basis. Cost estimated at $7.2 million. 16/02.
