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Man behind BRT in Pune
Suresh Kalmadi, MP followed up the ambitious BRT project under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) so that the public transport in Pune should become smooth. The foundation laying ceremony of the ﬁrst phase of BRT was held at the hands of Jaipal Reddy, the then Union Minister of Urban Development. Ramesh Bagwe, MLA, Abhay Chhajed, city president, Congress, Sudhir Kale, chairman of PMT were present on the occasion.

Man behind Metro in Pune
Suresh Kalmadi, MP first put forward the concept of ambitious Metro rail project in 2001 which would become lifeline to Pune and followed it up relentlessly. This project was approved after a long wait. Suresh Kalmadi, MP having discussions in this regard with Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development and Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture at New Delhi about Metro project in Pune.

Meeting in the concern of Metro pending projects
Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, held a meeting of all-party Members of Parliament to discuss the pending issues related to Maharashtra with the Central government. During this meeting held in the presence of Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Sushil kumar Shinde, Union Minister for Home, Suresh Kalmadi, MP, insisted that the first phase of the Metro project for Pune should be approved immediately and this project should be expedited speedily.

Global Airport for the Global City
Considering the development and expanse of Pune, Suresh Kalmadi, MP always emphasized on extending the facilities on the Pune Airport and making it an international airport. His efforts bore fruit when the Pune airport was accorded International Airport status about five years ago. Initially the flights to Dubai, Singapore and Frankfurt were started from Pune. It got boost to the export as well as passenger traffic. He unrelentingly pursued the issue of Cargo Terminus at Pune Airport with the Central government. Also, he took up the issues like installing Instruments Landing System at the airport, expansion of the airstrip, security system, additional parking space and making new adjoining roads etc. He raised many of these issues with the Center and State governments and got them solved as the Chairman of Pune Airport Authority Committee. He took efforts at various levels to make a new international airport near Pune and finally this issue was approved in principle. The land acquisition was started at Chakan near Pune for the proposed airport. But because of the resistance from the local farmers, this airport is now expected to come up near Rajgurunagar. He is trying to complete the survey work for the same and get it started as early as possible. He is also trying to introduce more civilian flights at the existing Pune Airport and he puts special emphasis on this during the annual meetings of Pune Airport Authority Committee. Shri. Suresh Kalmadi held talks with the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the Maharashtra so that the Maharashtra government should make provisions for the proposed international airport near Pune in its budget. The Maharashtra government has made provision of Rs.480 Crores for various new airports in the state in the annual budget of201 3 in which the provision has also been made for the new international airport of Pune. This should be deemed as the success of Shri Suresh Kalmadi's efforts. Shri. Suresh Kalmadi, MP always followed up with the Civil Aviation Ministry to get more funds for increasing the number of airstrips at Lohegaon airport, constructing Cargo Terminal and making Taxi Track. It is because of this that the Central government has made a provision of Rs.228 Crores. Even a fund of Rs 110 Crores was approved to build the terminal with the capacity of daily 600 domestic and 200 foreign passengers. The Taxi Track with the expense of Rs 118 Crores is operational now. The Pune-Kochi flights was introduced for the convenience of the Keralites who live in large numbers in Pune through the initiative of Kalmadi. Because of this, the citizens have benefited much. Since Pune is fast turning into global city, MP Kalmadi is still striving to make the Pune's airport a global airport.