India, April 25 -- In a move aimed at easing traffic congestion on the busy Vishrantwadi-Alandi Road stretch, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to remove the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor between Sathe Biscuit Chowk and Chandrama Hotel (Deccan College Chowk) on Alandi Road. On April 20, Senior officials from the road department, including superintendent engineer Ashish Jadhav and executive engineer Sanjay Dharav, inspected the site to check if the move is feasible.

Removing the dedicated BRTS lane will increase the effective road width, improve vehicular speed, and help save both fuel and travel time, they said.

Ashish Jadhav, superintendent engineer of the road department, said, "As per the demand of standing ...