 In 1999, Former Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project connecting four of India's major cities, Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata and face of the village Shirwal changed forever.The Golden Quadrilateral Highway passes through Shirwal and this has made it an important location for industrialization.Shirwal is also the middle point in the two major cities, Pune and Satara.