The Maharashtra Cabinet’s infrastructure committee, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has approved major infrastructure projects, including the construction of a six-lane elevated highway and a four-lane at-grade road on the Pune-Shirur on Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar national highway. 

The highway spanning a 53.4-km stretch will feature a four-lane road and a sixlane elevated expressway. Additionally, two six-lane highway projects were greenlit in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district: a 32.8-km stretch from Shendra Industrial Estate to Bidkin Industrial Estate, and a 26-km road from Bidkin to Dhoregaon. 

A greenfield road connecting Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna DMIC Node to the Samruddhi Expressway also received in-principle approval. CM Fadnavis emphasized the urgent need for repairs to the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Ahilyanagar road and instructed immediate land acquisition for the new projects. The Pune-Shirur highway is expected to be completed in three years, catering to growing traffic due to nearby industrial estates.