India, April 17 -- In a major push for infrastructure development, the state government will transfer 1,878 hectares of land to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) free of cost. The land parcels, spread across eight talukas of the district, will be utilised for infrastructure projects and to raise funds through development.

According to district collector Jitendra Dudi, the decision was taken on Wednesday, and a total of 174 land parcels owned by the state government have been identified for transfer.

Large parcels of government land in talukas such as Haveli, Mulshi, Daund, Shirur, Purandar, Bhor, Khed and Maval are currently unused. The district administration has found it difficult to monitor and protect these ...