First Pile Cap Cast for PCMC – Nigdi Extension of Pune metro Rail Project

Pune, India (Metro Rail Today): Workers on Saturday cast the first pile cap (foundation) for the 16.589 km Pune Metro Purple Line’s 4.519 km extension from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to Nigdi.

This major milestone was recorded at PMP Anna Bhau Sathe Bus Terminal near Bhakti Shakti Chowk (view on Google Maps). It comes less than four months after Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) awarded Pune Metro Phase 1 Extension Package C-01’s Rs. 339.23 crore contract to Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL).

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The extension to Nigdi will consist of 151 spans, and a total of 1181 segments will be cast at a yard located in Talegaon. The construction of three elevated stations en route at Chinchwad, Akurdi, and Nigdi will be carried out via a separate package, for which a tender notice is currently pending.

For more details, you can view the Pune Metro route map and information.

With this development, Pune Metro’s key figures have been updated on its information page as well as the Quick Snapshot page:

- Operational: 29.77 km (PCMC to Civil Court + Vanaz to Ramwadi)
- Under Construction: 31 km (Civil Court to Swargate + PCMC to Nigdi + Hinjewadi to Civil Court)
- Approved: 0 km
- Proposed: 106.5 km (Swargate to Katraj + Phase 2)