Notwithstanding promises by NHAI to initiate work in March 2025, the service road connecting Khed-Shivapur is potholed and has poor drainage, presenting danger every day and triggering local protests for immediate rectification.
Anshu Kashid
Pune | May 15, 2025: For both local residents and travelers, the ongoing neglect of the Khed-Shivapur service road on the Pune-Satara highway raises increasing concerns. Notwithstanding guarantees from the National Highways Authority of India about the start of concreting operations in March 2025, development is still slow, aggravating safety concerns on this important length.
Particularly with the approaching monsoon season, the deteriorating state of the service road—characterized by deep potholes, damaged surfaces, and inadequate drainage— disturbs not only normal traffic movement but also poses major safety concerns. Public annoyance has been heightened by the absence of interim fixes or any unambiguous communication.
The concerned agencies must give immediate remedial action top priority alongside long-term infrastructure planning since the community demands urgent patchwork to reduce accident risks. Priority one should be commuter safety above project delays to stop preventable accidents and rebuild public faith in infrastructure management.
The approaching monsoon tests readiness, responsibility, and government more than it just marks a natural phenomenon. The state of the Khed-Shivapur service road reflects precisely how postponed decisions and unmet expectations directly affect daily life.
Authorities ought to start seeing infrastructure as lifeline instead of considering deadlines as flexible. The residents of Khed-Shivapur are more concerned with simple, safe connectivity than with luxury.
The issue now is not whether the work will begin—that is, whether it will start in time. Because the people who lose every time in the struggle between the rains and a damaged road are human ones
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