“Ring road” in Pune can mean two different projects, run by two different agencies, at two very different stages. One is under construction, including through the hills beyond Khadakwasla. The other is still being surveyed. When someone tells you a home is “near the ring road”, it helps to know which one they mean, and which parts have money, contractors and dates behind them.
Two ring roads, two agencies
| Project | Built by | Size | Status, latest report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pune Ring Road (the outer ring road) | Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) | About 169 km, 110 m wide | Western section about 30% complete, September 2026 |
| Inner ring road | Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) | 83 km, 65 m wide | First phase of land acquisition starting, September 2026 |
The outer road’s length has been reported as 168.605 km by the Free Press Journal in March 2026 and 168.981 km by Punekar News in August 2026; neither report explains the small difference. The inner road’s figures are from The Bridge Chronicle, March 2026.
Where the outer ring road meets the south-west
The clearest public description of the route is the draft environmental impact assessment that MSRDC submitted to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in June 2021. It describes a western alignment of 68.8 km from Urse, on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, to Varve (Kelawade) on the Satara road, connecting 38 villages in Maval, Mulshi, Haveli and Bhor talukas. Later reports put the western corridor at 65 to 69 km, so treat the exact length as approximate.
For anyone living on Sinhagad Road, three details in that document matter:
- The road crosses the Mutha near Sangrun, where the river forms the Khadakwasla reservoir, between the 44.09 km and 44.64 km marks of the alignment.
- It crosses the Pune to Panshet road at Malkhed, and passes about 2.12 km from Sinhagad fort.
- Of the six interchanges listed, one sits at about the 45 km mark, just past the reservoir crossing. The summary does not name the road it serves.
The Bridge Chronicle, citing MSRDC on 2 September 2026, reported that the bridge over the reservoir is 640 m long, the longest in the project, with its pillars complete and the bridge expected to be ready by August 2027. A 5.8 km tunnel behind Sinhagad fort was about 80% excavated. The Free Press Journal reported in October 2025 that this tunnel is an alternative to the present 35 km road between Khamgaon Maval and Kalyan.
In plain terms: the ring road does not touch Vadgaon. It runs through the villages and hills beyond Khadakwasla, at the far end of the Sinhagad Road corridor. Exact access points and driving distances from any part of Vadgaon have not been published, and we have not guessed at them.
The timeline so far
| When | What happened | Reported by |
|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | State approves a 173.70 km outer ring road at ₹26,831.24 crore, in four packages | NBM&CW, September 2021 |
| February 2025 | Construction starts; contractors given two and a half years | Free Press Journal, October 2025 |
| October 2025 | About 13% complete; 1.5 km of the Sinhagad tunnel done | Free Press Journal, October 2025 |
| December 2025 | Revenue Minister Dada Bhuse tells the Assembly the western section will be ready by May 2026 and the eastern by May 2028 | Punekar News, December 2025 |
| March 2026 | Over 99% of land for the western corridor acquired: 1,054 hectares in 38 villages | Free Press Journal, March 2026 |
| August 2026 | Cabinet approves ₹10,502.36 crore for the 31.805 km Sortapwadi to Varve stretch, target June 2029 | Punekar News, August 2026 |
| September 2026 | Western section 30% complete; 65% targeted by December 2026 and opening by December 2027; eastern section by December 2028 | The Bridge Chronicle, September 2026 |
Reported cost estimates have ranged from ₹26,831 crore in 2021 to ₹55,622 crore in March 2026. The scope changed in between, so the two figures are not directly comparable.
The inner ring road is still on paper
The PMRDA road is a separate project, closer to the city. The Bridge Chronicle reported on 31 March 2026 that land acquisition had stopped because the PMC and the PMRDA disagreed over who should pay, after the state scrapped the PMRDA’s draft development plan and planning powers in 23 merged villages passed to the PMC.
Punekar News reported on 3 September 2026 that the PMRDA had transferred ₹44 crore for first-phase compensation, that about 735 hectares must be acquired, and that the route splits almost evenly between 21 PMRDA villages and 21 PMC villages. Acquisition was to begin in Solu, Vadgaon Shinde and Nirgudi. Vadgaon Shinde is a different village, on the Nagar Road side of the city, not Vadgaon on Sinhagad Road. In October 2026 the district collector set 30 October as the deadline for joint land surveys on this road, Swarajya reported, citing the Hindustan Times.
The villages named for acquisition in the March 2026 report include Ambegaon, on the city’s southern edge. None of the reports we read places this road on Sinhagad Road itself, and none mentions a construction tender. It is a long-term project.
What to expect, realistically
The western section’s target moved from May 2026, as stated in December 2025, to December 2027, as reported in September 2026. The big structures near Khadakwasla set the pace: the reservoir bridge alone is not expected before August 2027. Every target so far has been pushed back, so we would treat December 2027 as the earliest plausible opening, not a firm date. That judgement is ours, drawn from the dates above; MSRDC has not said it.
When the western section does open, the gain for Sinhagad Road residents is mainly for trips that today cross the city: towards Hinjewadi, the Mumbai expressway or the Satara road. The daily drive into central Pune does not change. The same 2021 assessment also flags a risk of runoff into the Mutha and the Khadakwasla reservoir during construction, which matters because that reservoir supplies the city, as covered in the article on water supply.
So the outer ring road belongs in the “useful later” column, and the inner one further out still. Neither should add to what you pay for a home today, particularly when nobody can yet say how far any given building will be from the nearest way on. The location page covers the projects already changing Sinhagad Road. To compare Codename Vybe’s exact site with the published route, get in touch.
