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The city of
PunePune , formerly known as Punawadi or Punya-Nagari or Poona, is the eighth largest city in India, and the second largest in the state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai...
in India was the first to experiment with a
Bus Rapid TransitBus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems that use buses to provide a service that is of a higher speed than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
system. PMPML started plying pilot routes in December 2006. The project consists of of bus lanes along the Pune Satara Road using airconditioned, low-floor
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buses. The project has achieved success to a certain extent. The funding for the project comes from the
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under the Jawaharlala Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
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