India, March 29 -- After the water leakage incident near Khadak Police Station, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has made it mandatory for residents and developers to obtain permission before undertaking borewell drilling or redevelopment works along underground metro corridors.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) filed a police complaint after a borewell drilling incident at a private property in Shukrawar Peth near the police station punctured an underground tunnel on the PCMC-Swargate stretch, leading to water seepage inside the metro corridor.

The affected stretch is part of the six-km underground section of the Pune Metro, which runs through key areas such as Kasba Peth, Budhwar Peth and Shukrawar Peth up to...