India, Oct. 20 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday took possession of defence land required to widen North Main Road in Koregaon Park, clearing a key hurdle in its plan to ease congestion on the busy stretch connecting the area towards Hadapsar railway station.

The civic body aims to widen the road from its existing 18 metres to 30 metres before the next monsoon. The widening is part of the PMC's plan to tackle traffic congestion on 32 major roads across the city.

Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram announced the development in a post on X, thanking the chief minister, the Union Defence Ministry, and defence officials in Pune for their support.

"Today we got the possession of defence land for widening North Main Road...