India, June 4 -- To expedite the long-delayed Katraj-Kondhwa road-widening project, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has warned of forcibly taking possession of the acquired land from owners refusing to hand it over. The civic body will also launch a drive to remove encroachments and unauthorised structures obstructing the road-widening work.

The Katraj-Kondhwa road, an arterial road connecting Satara road and Solapur road, has for long been plagued by severe traffic congestion. The road-widening project, pending since many years, received fresh momentum after municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram made a substantial budgetary provision for land acquisition from the PMC funds, supplemented by financial assistance from the state gov...