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The Central Government amends earlier notifications under the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, to change the names of certain stations on Corridor-1 and Corridor-2 of the Pune Metro Rail Project.

Detailed Summary

Under S.O. 180(E) dated 13th January, 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs records that the Central Government had extended the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 (33 of 1978) to the Pune Metropolitan Area, Maharashtra, vide notification S.O. 2732(E) dated 21st October, 2014, and had added the metro alignment of Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-1 Corridor-1 (Pimpri-Chinchwad to Swargate) and Corridor-2 (Vanaz to Ramwadi) to the Schedule of the Act vide notification S.O. 95(E) dated 5th January, 2018; the Corridor-2 alignment was altered vide S.O. 3706(E) dated 14th October, 2019, and the Corridor-1 alignment vide S.O. 2819(E) dated 19th August, 2020, and both notifications were earlier amended, to change certain station names, vide S.O. 2220 dated 7th June, 2024 and S.O. 372(E) dated 21st January, 2025. In exercise of the powers under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the Act, the Central Government now further amends these two notifications: in S.O. 3706(E) dated 14th October, 2019, the words 'Ideal Colony' are substituted with 'Paud Phata', and 'Nal Stop' is substituted with 'S.N.D.T. College'; in S.O. 2819(E) dated 19th August, 2020, the word 'Mandai' is substituted with 'Mahatma Phule Mandai'. The notification is issued under F. No. K-14011/16/2017-MRTS-II and signed by Jaideep, Officer on Special Duty (UT).

Full Text

CG-DL-E-13012026-269325 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) 265 GI/2026 (1) MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th January, 2026 S.O. 180(E).—Whereas in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 (33 of 1978) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government had extended the application of the provisions of the said Act to the Pune Metropolitan Area in the State of Maharashtra vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Urban Development number S.O. 2732(E), dated the 21st October, 2014 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii); Whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the said Act, the Central Government added metro alignment of Pune Metro Rail Project, Phase-1 corridor 1 (Pimpri-Chinchwad to Swargate) and corridor-2 (Vanaz to Ramwadi) to the Schedule of the said Act vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs number S.O. 95(E) dated 5th January, 2018; Whereas the Central Government made alteration to the metro alignment of Pune Metro Rail Project-Phase-1 (Corridor-2) in the Schedule of the said Act by a notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vide number S.O. 3706(E), dated 14th October, 2019; Whereas the Central Government made alteration to the metro alignment of Pune Metro Rail Project-Phase-1 (Corridor-1) in the Schedule of the said Act by a notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vide number S.O. 2819(E), dated 19th August, 2020; Whereas in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the said Act, the Central Government amended the notifications S.O. 3706 (E), dated the 14th October, 2019 and S.O. 2819 (E), dated the 19th August, 2020 vide notifications S.O 2220, dated the 7th June, 2024 and S.O. 372 (E), dated the 21st January, 2025, to change the names of some stations of Pune Metro Rail Project Corridor-1 and Corridor-2 in the Schedule of the said Acts; And whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that further alteration is necessary for the construction and maintenance of the Metro Railways to which this alignment relates. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notifications specified in column (2) of the Table below to the extent specified in the entries in column (3) of the said Table, namely: – TABLE | S. No. | Notification number and date | Amendments | |---|---|---| | (1) | (2) | (3) | | 1 | Notification number S.O. 3706 (E), dated the 14th October, 2019. | In the said notification, - i. for the words "Ideal Colony", the words "Paud Phata" shall be substituted; ii. for the words "Nal Stop", the letters and word "S.N.D.T. College" shall be substituted. | | 2 | Notification number S.O. 2819 (E), dated the 19th August, 2020. | In the said notification, for the word "Mandai", the words "Mahatma Phule Mandai" shall be substituted. | [F. No. K-14011/16/2017-MRTS-II] JAIDEEP, Officer on Special Duty (UT) and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Date: 2026.01.13 21:42:55 +05'30'

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