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The MoD has yet to take a call on whether to accept the money or seek land in exchange for its land.Patil said, “The civic body has accepted the conditions. The deal is subject to the PCMC accepting 20 conditions put forth by the ministry.A senior defence estate official here told TOI, “The Southern Command has already approved a design of the bridge which the PCMC had submitted in 2017. The ministry has given a green signal to it. PUNE: A three-year struggle by Bopkhel’s residents for an easier access to the Khadki cantonment from their village avoiding a 10-km detour via Vishrantwadi is showing some results.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has granted a conditional in-principle approval to the transfer of 16,122sqm of defence land to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for the construction of a permanent bridge across the Mula river to link Bopkhel with Khadki cantonment.The transfer of land will also facilitate an approach road to the bridge. Our endeavour is to commence and complete the bridge construction work at the earliest.”Another PCMC official said, “In case, the ministry does not accept the money, we will pay the same to the state government with a plea to provide a land parcel to the defence authorities.”Bopkhel village, with a population of 21,000 and located along Mula river was merged in the PCMC limits in 1997..