{
  "id": 10461023,
  "title": "Pune: Hinjawadi Gets ₹426.54-Crore Infrastructure Plan, Work To Begin In December, Says CM Devendra Fadnavis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/pune-hinjawadi-gets-426-54-crore-infrastructure-plan-work-to-begin-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:31:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-hinjawadi-gets-42654-crore-infrastructure-plan-work-to-begin-in-december-says-cm-devendra-fadnavis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has approved a ₹426.54-crore infrastructure plan for Hinjawadi, with construction beginning in December. The plan seeks to address traffic congestion, poor roads, drainage, power supply, and civic amenities in the growing IT hub. Hinjawadi experiences heavy traffic as around 500,000 people commute daily to the area. The plan includes upgrading six major roads, improving drainage, footpaths, and streetlights, and expanding waste management. The government will also deploy 100 Maharashtra Security Force personnel to manage traffic and coordinate with existing agencies. Additionally, Chakan has been allocated a ₹1,400-crore infrastructure plan, focusing on roads, storm-water drainage, public amenities, and a 100 MVA power substation. Chakan's encroachments along 78 km of natural streams have been cleared, with the remaining work set to be completed by June 2027.",
  "summary": "Pune: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has given in-principle approval to a ₹426.54-crore infrastructure plan for Hinjawadi, with work scheduled to begin in December. The plan aims to tackle the IT hub's long-running problems of traffic congestion, poor roads, drainage, power supply and civic amenities. The announcement comes weeks after thousands of IT professionals and residents protested over…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}