Why PCMC will outperform Pune
PCMC has a geographical advantage over Pune. Vast open lands and a proactive Municipality are its core strengths.
PCMC lies at the sweet spot of Pune-Mumbai economic corridor that will come up in the next 30 years.
Navi Mumbai airport is more or less a PCMC international airport. We have not yet realised NMIA’s impact. The time from NMIA to Wakad/Nigdi is not going to be more than 2 hours. Soon the missing link project will be commissioned, which will reduce the current travel time by 30 mins.
Government has already announced 10 lane expansion work of Mumbai Pune expressway and the work will begin post monsoon this year.
Effectively, PCMC is going to be a spillover of Mumbai. Just like Thane was, but on a mega scale.
PCMC lies on the natural Mumbai Pune bullet train corridor. Further attracting industries and causing creation of new business and industrial districts around Talegaon-Chakan-Khed belt. The dedicated east west freight corridor will end at JNPT will hasten development of these industrial districts to the north of PCMC.
The proposed Chakan to Hinjewadi metro expansion will more or less cover 75% of PCMC area perfecting internal mobility.
So on west, Hinjewadi will grow up to phase 7 and on the north, PCMC will grow up to Vadgaon-Maval to create a well planned megapolis that has Technology parks, Industrial parks, well designed highways and well planned townships.
Being optimistic doesn’t cost anything.
There are ifs and buts. Yet, we must appreciate that the Indian democracy is like an elephant, it moves slowly but when it moves, it’s for everyone to see.
The future is PCMC.