India, July 18 -- The Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) and Pune Metro will sign two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to create infrastructure for the proposed expansion of the city's Metro network along two upcoming road projects, senior officials said on Friday.

Addressing a press conference, Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi and MSIDC managing director Brijesh Dixit said the corporation will implement three major road widening projects - the 53.4-km Kharadi Junction-Shirur road, the 31.5-km Hadapsar-Yavat road, and the 53.2-km Talegaon-Chakan-Shikrapur road. The three projects together are estimated to cost over Rs.18,100 crore.

Dixit said that of the proposed 35-km elevated corridor on the Kharadi...