Pune – (The Karbhari Online) – Pune Metro network is being built in Pune city.  However, the metro line has not been connected to the Pune airport, Sunil Tingre, MLA of Vadgaon Sheri, demanded in the assembly that the metro line should be taken to the airport for the convenience of passengers.

        MLA Tingre participated in the discussion on Resolution 293 in the Legislative Assembly.  On this occasion, he said, Metro network is spreading in the city on a large scale, it is getting response from passengers.  This metro has connected important parts like Shivajinagar, Pune Station Railway Station, Swargate ST Stand.  However, the city seems to have forgotten that it has an airport.  This metro has reached Ramwadi on city road.  However, it is not connected to the airport, thus causing inconvenience to passengers traveling to and from the airport.  We see direct metro facility from airport abroad.  Similarly, MLA Tingre demanded from the government that metro should be taken to Pune airport for the convenience of passengers.

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 Housing should be provided to slum dwellers by 2024

 The SRA scheme implemented to provide rightful housing to slum dwellers has been providing housing to slum dwellers till 2011.  However, MLA Tingre also requested the government to amend the rules of this scheme to include the slum dwellers till 2024 and give them houses, so that the slum dwellers who have raised their families can benefit from it.

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