Katraj Ghat is a mountain pass located on the southern outskirts of the city of
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
in
Maharashtra
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,
India
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.
Katraj Ghat has a history of more than 400 years; it was used during the time of chhatrapati
Shivaji maharaj . A
New Katraj Tunnel new tunnel of 6 lanes is constructed to bypass this ghat.
Road
Katraj Ghat begins at the south of
Katraj
Katraj is suburb of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and within the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation. Katraj is famous for its Peshwa-era (18th century) lake that supplied water to the city during that period. The village li ...
village. At the southern end of the ghat, the new alignment of
NH4 through the
New Katraj Tunnel merges with the old alignment of the highway.
References
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Mountain passes of Maharashtra