Eight-lane Mumbai-Pune expressway not required, activists say

While government sources say that the capacity of Pune Mumbai expressway is proposed to be increased from six lanes to eight lanes, civic activists have said that government should rethink about the proposal. President of the Sajag Nagrik Manch Vivek Velankar and toll analyst Sanjay Shirodkar said as per MSRDC eway contract the traffic increase projections show 5 % increase in vehicles per year. Current six lane eway would be able to cater to the traffic growth for next minimum 20 years.