Pune: Divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar on Friday directed officials to expedite surveys to ensure early preparation of the draft macro-economic plan for the proposed “Pune Growth Hub”.He said the plan should be prepared based on inputs from workshops involving govt departments, agencies and representatives from private and industrial sectors in the review meeting of “Pune Metropolitan Growth Hub” at Council Hall. “I instructed all agencies to speed up work. The Pune Metropolitan Region was included in Niti Aayog’s ‘Growth Hub’ initiative to position the region prominently in the global economy,” Pulkundwar told TOI.He said a draft macro-economic development plan must be prepared and submitted to the state govt. Pulkundwar said institutions such as ISEG Foundation and McKinsey & Company had been appointed to collate inputs.Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority commissioner Yogesh Mhase (via video conference) and other officials attended the meeting.‘Identify traffic choke points’Pune divisional commissioner on Friday directed officials to identify traffic congestion hotspots and implement targeted projects for traffic regulation in the review meeting of the Pune Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (Pumta) committee. Discussions were held on traffic management measures at Vishrantwadi, Mundhwa Chowk, Market Yard to Seven Loves Chowk, Golibar Maidan, Ghorpadi bridge and the Magarpatta area.
