Pune deputy RTO Swapnil Bhosale said the automated driving testing track will be operational by May 2027
A road safety research and training institute would also be set up on the 25-acre plot. Pune deputy RTO Swapnil Bhosale said the ADTT would be operational by May 2027. Around 400 driving schools in Pune are struggling, and candidates are equally distressed. “Slots open at 6 am and are exhausted within 10 minutes.
Driving schools in the city said the RTO’s immediate priority should be to address the mounting backlog of driving tests in Pune. We are following up with them, but cannot say when the permission will come,” Bhosale told TOI . Raju Ghatole, president, Pune Motor Driving School Association, said driving institutes had repeatedly approached the authorities seeking an immediate solution. We have been meeting officials regularly, but there is still no concrete solution,” Ghatole said. A driving school representative said the RTO could increase its daily appointment quota under the existing norms, rather than waiting for new infrastructure to become available. This has been going on for nearly two months, and the authorities need to act,” the representative said. There were talks of another track in Hadapsar but we have no information about it,” another representative of a driving school said.
The RTO’s proposal to use the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation’s (MSRTC) facility in Bhosari as an additional testing venue has also made little progress, with the corporation yet to grant permission for the same. “MSRTC is yet to give its approval. They have demanded that candidates be given test appointments within eight days of completion of their training. We have candidates who completed their training more than a month ago but are still unable to secure appointments. They are naturally frustrated. “The test track on Alandi Road is being rebuilt but the project is delayed, too.
Pune RTO on Monday announced a six-month timeline for completion of the project following an inspection of the recently inaugurated automated testing station (ATS) in Saswad by state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik. “The Saswad facility is a welcome development, but it will not address the problem we are facing today.