Punawale is emerging as one of Pune’s fastest-growing residential micro-markets, supported by infrastructure upgrades and proximity to the Hinjawadi IT hub.

UC Punawale Skyscrapers LLP bought a land parcel in Punawale, Pimpri-Chinchwad, from the Radkar family for ₹129 crore. The article describes the parcel as 2.38 hectares, or about 28,465 square yards; its headline gives the area as 28,465 square metres. The transaction was registered on February 4, 2025. Stamp duty of ₹9.03 crore and a registration fee of ₹30,000 were paid.

Punawale recorded 5,169 property transactions worth ₹2,827 crore between January and December 2024. Average residential property prices were ₹9,666 per square foot. Pimpri-Chinchwad accounts for 40–45% of Pune’s quarterly registered residential transaction volume. Punawale’s proximity to Hinjewadi IT Park and connectivity via NH-48 are among factors supporting residential demand.

NHAI has initiated auxiliary service roads within Pimpri-Chinchwad limits: a new 12-metre-wide road alongside the existing 12-metre road, providing 24 metres across stretches covering Punawale, Bhumkar Chowk, Hinjewadi and Balewadi. Three box-structure underpasses have been approved at high-traffic intersections including Punawale, Kiwale, Ravet and Wakad. Widening underpasses at Tathawade and Punawale and expediting pending service-road works across three localities have also been approved. Upgrades to the Aundh-Ravet BRTS Road and a connection between Tathawade Road and Dange Chowk are under consideration.

Tathawade is roughly 8 km from Hinjewadi IT Park; IT hubs in Wakad, Hinjewadi and Baner are within 12 km of Punawale. Proposed Nigdi Station on the Purple Metro Line is about 5 km from Punawale. Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro Line-3 is in advanced stages.

99acres data puts Punawale apartment prices at about ₹7,300 per sq. ft., up 33.9% in three years and 39.0% in five years. Housing.com gives average flat rates of ₹7,782 per sq. ft. in Tathawade, up 8.75% last year, and a 6.9% one-year increase in Punawale. Punawale is described as more affordable than Wakad and Tathawade.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro) unveiled a revised plan for the Bhakti-Shakti to Chakan Metro corridor, expanding the route to 45.295 kilometres with 34 stations at an estimated cost of Rs 12,937.23 crore.

The line will begin at Bhakti-Shakti Chowk in Nigdi and end at Chakan, passing through Ravet, Punawale, Tathawade, Wakad, Pimple Saudagar, Pimple Gurav, Nashik Phata, Bhosari, Moshi, and Kurali.

At Wakad, commuters will be able to interchange with the Hinjawadi-Shivajinagar Metro corridor.

Revised proposal includes three new stations at Landewadi, Bhosari Gaon and Bhosari Sector No. 1. Of the total 34 stations, 28 will be within Pimpri-Chinchwad, while six will fall under Chakan Municipal Council limits.

Project is the second phase of metro expansion in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Metro services currently operate between Dapodi and Pimpri. Work is underway to extend the line by 4.519 kilometres up to Bhakti-Shakti Group Sculpture Chowk in Nigdi.

The revised plan will be placed before Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's General Body Meeting, then sent to state government for clearance.

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to decentralise waste processing after a garbage mound collapsed onto the administrative building of the outsourced waste-to-energy plant at Moshi, killing nine staff. The incident led to an 84-hour rescue operation, suspended civic officials, departmental inquiries and disrupted waste handling, affecting door-to-door collection.

Moshi depot, operational since 1991, receives over 1,500 metric tonnes of waste daily. PCMC estimates the twin city’s population will rise from 35–40 lakh to 55 lakh by 2041 and one crore by 2055. At 500–600 grams per person daily, waste generation is projected at 2,200 tonnes in five years, 3,300 in 10 years and nearly 5,800 in 20 years.

The depot holds nearly 34 lakh cubic metres of waste. Officials cite 12 lakh cubic metres biomined, 28 lakh of legacy waste and six lakh of fresh waste. SLF-2 has accumulated 10–12 lakh cubic metres since 2014–15; its mound reached 25–30 metres, above the prescribed limit.

A 22-hectare facility planned at Survey No. 24, Punawale, in 2008 stalled for over 15 years and was scrapped in December 2023 after resident opposition. PCMC paid the forest department ₹3.5 crore for the land in exchange for alternative land. The corporation will consider vacant municipal land and sites owned by neighbouring planning authorities. The commissioner said Moshi’s odour mainly comes from legacy waste.