Pune civic authorities have proposed a new bridge across the Mula-Mutha River at Tadigutta Chowk to connect Vadgaonsheri with Mundhwa and reduce travel delays between Nagar Road and Hadapsar.
The Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed appointing Envirosafe Consultants as the Project Management Consultant for planning, pre- and post-tender activities, implementation and supervision of the bridge project, Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram said.
The proposed crossing is intended to address a roughly five-kilometre traffic bottleneck between the two corridors. A provision of Rs 4.25 crore has been made in the PMC’s annual budget for 2026-27 for construction of the bridge from Vadgaonsheri to Mundhwa’s Tadigutta Chowk, as well as for the development of Development Plan roads or bridges under the river improvement project, Ram said.
The consultant’s appointment will proceed after the PMC standing committee approves the proposal. The supplied details do not specify the bridge’s final design, construction timeline, estimated total project cost or tender schedule.
The bridge is being planned alongside a continuous 30-metre-wide DP road between SSPMS and Mundhwa. According to a civic official, the road needs to be aligned from Bund Garden Bridge to the Mundhwa bridge, with connecting roads and an overbridge planned along the route to improve traffic movement.
The proposed crossing would add to a growing network of bridges over the Mula-Mutha. Existing connections include the Yerwada–Bund Garden and Kalyaninagar–Koregaon Park bridges. A double-decker bridge between Kharadi and Mundhwa is under construction, while the Godrej Infinity road links Kharadi with Keshavnagar.
Together, these projects are intended to improve links between Kharadi and Hadapsar, two major employment and urbanisation zones. Kharadi has emerged as a technology centre, while Hadapsar contains established information technology and industrial clusters alongside large townships.
The proposal is also tied to the PMC’s river improvement project, which has been modelled on the Sabarmati River Revitalization Project. The project aims to preserve and revive the rivers’ natural resources while developing riverbanks with tracks, footpaths, ghats and tree plantations for public use.
The immediate administrative milestone is the standing committee’s decision on appointing the project management consultant. Further details on design, tendering and construction will depend on the approval and subsequent project planning process.
