Traffic block to be enforced for rock blasting at Chandni Chowk junction in Pune from Oct 12

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The movement of traffic at Chandni Chowk in Pune will be stopped between 12:30 am and 1 am from Wednesday till further orders to facilitate the blasting of rocks as part of construction of a multi-level flyover at the congested junction, officials said on Saturday.

An old bridge was demolished through a controlled blast last week at the junction, situated on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, as part of ambitious efforts to create new infrastructure to mitigate traffic bottlenecks there.

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To complete these works, including creation of service roads, blasting of rocks on both sides of the arterial route is required for which traffic movement will be halted between 12:30 am and 1 am every day from October 12, a National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) official said.

Anand Bhoite, Pimpri Chinchwad Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) said the 30-minute block was to start from Tuesday but had to be postponed due to rains.

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