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However, the vehicular traffic coming from Pimpri Chinchwad through the five lanes has to squeeze in just two lanes near Palange chawl. The highway from Harris bridge enters Bopodi in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where it has four lanes.The PMC had added another two lanes from Harris bridge to Palange chawl in Bopodi after the civic body constructed a parallel bridge to Harris bridge around two years ago. Aniruddha Pawaskar, chief engineer, roads department, PMC, said, “We will tar the area in the next two to three days. This leads to pile up of vehicles on the highway.Corporator Sunita Wadekar told TOI, “One of the tenants in Palange chawl complained to the PMC that the chawl was on the verge of collapse. PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: People travelling via Pune-Mumbai highway can expect the stretch near Palange chawl in Bopodi to widen soon, as the chawl, which had been the major roadblock for the carriageway expansion, has finally been demolished.Besides, the road widening work on the busy Bopodi Chowk on the highway is fast progressing and would ensure congestion-free travel on the stretch post-completion.Around 12km stretch of the Pune-Mumbai highway from Nigdi to Harris bridge on Mula river in Dapodi lies in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits..