India, Aug. 25 -- Authorities have stepped up efforts to resolve the chronic traffic snarls at Navale bridge on Pune-Satara Road (NH-48), with the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), on Sunday, directing immediate action on land acquisition, utility shifting, and signal installation.

At a review meeting, officials from PMRDA, the district collectorate, and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) decided that 12-metre-wide service roads will be built on both sides of Navale bridge to smoothen vehicular flow.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed the acquisition of 7,384 sq m of land, covering a stretch of around 615 metres, which the district collectorate has been asked to complete within three months....