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An umbrella organisation of traders in Pune on Monday said it will extend support to the Maharashtra government if it imposes a full lockdown in the state to curb the rising cases of coronavirus. The Federation of Traders Association (FTA), Pune, took the decision after a detailed meeting of its representatives with senior government officials from Pune district as well as the civic administration, its president said. The decision was taken after considering the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the city and rural parts of the district, one of the worst-hit in the country, federation president Fatehchand Ranka said. After our meetings with the authorities and our own members, we unanimously took a decision to extend our support if the state government takes a decision to impose a full lockdown, said Ranka. ....
A 170-kilometre ring road will be built around Pune at an estimated cost of Rs 26,000 crore as a large number of passenger and goods transport from different parts of the state move through the city, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Monday while tabling the Budget for 2021-22 in the Assembly. Land acquisition for the project will begin this year, he added. A large number of passenger and goods vehicles from Konkan, Marathwada, north Maharashtra and other parts go through Pune and in order to avoid this, the ring road will be built, he told the House. He also said the Eastern Freeway in Mumbai is being renamed after Congress veteran and former CM late Vilasrao Deshmukh. ....
In partnership with MSRDC and Ocean Highway Facilities & Solutions Equitas Small Finance Bank has partnered with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and Ocean Highway Facilities and Solutions for launching country s first FASTag powered truck terminal at Khalapur, Maharashtra on the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai - Pune Expressway. The terminal has a capacity of 160 trucks, which can be parked in at any given point in time. At this juncture more than 350 trucks visit the terminal in a day. Powered by Capital Market - Live News (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ....