Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka D Okay Shivakumar on Wednesday introduced that 175 km of recent Metro traces can be operational by 2026 in Bengaluru.
He was addressing reporters after inspecting the newly added extension line from Nagasandra to Madavara on Tumkur Highway. “30 km of recent Metro traces will likely be added by 2025 and 175 km new Metro traces will likely be added by 2026.”
Earlier, Shivakumar took a experience together with MP Tejaswi Surya; Srinivasaiah, Nelamangala MLA; and Muniraju, Dasarahalli MLA from Yeshwanthpur Metro station to Madavara station.
The three-km stretch from Nagasandra to Madavara is all set to be open for income operations from Thursday, 5 years after its projected deadline and over a month after the clearance of the Commissioner of Metro Rail Security.
With 73.81 km already operational, Namma Metro is the second-longest Metro community in India, serving over eight lakh passengers each day on common. An extra 100 kilometre of Metro traces are at the moment beneath building, the 19.15-km Yellow Line, the 21.26-km Pink Line and the 58.19-km Blue Line. With the latest approval of Orange Line (44.5km) by the Centre, the Metro community will broaden to 222.2 km.
“We have now accomplished the primary and second part of the Metro and the Centre has authorised the third part. We have now already paid as much as Rs 1,130 crore for brand new prepare units,” Shivakumar added.
“Plans are afoot to construct a pedestrian skywalk at Manjunathanagar metro station. We have now additionally entered into an settlement with Indian Railways to collectively develop pedestrian passage at Yeshwanthpur railway station. A mission report has been ready to develop an underpass at Chikkabidarakallu in affiliation with Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI). We’re additionally in dialogue with NHAI to construct an underpass at Madavara metro station. Commuters who journey to Bengaluru from Tumakuru facet can park their automobiles at BEIC floor and take the metro to town thus avoiding site visitors,” he mentioned.
Standing of Metro traces
The development of the Metro community in Bengaluru has been a frightening job given its traces chopping throughout the dense inhabitants of town and the teething points throughout land acquisition.
Moreover, the opening up of recent traces as per projected deadlines can be amiss because of the scarcity of rolling inventory provide. For instance, whereas 90 per cent of the civil works on the Yellow line between RV Highway and Bommasandra through Digital Metropolis is accomplished, BMRCL is fighting the availability of rolling inventory. The mission has been stalled because of the delayed supply of the 216 coaches from its rolling inventory producer Titagarh Rail Techniques in West Bengal.
Beneath the settlement with BMRCL, Titagarh is accountable for producing 34 of the 36 prepare units wanted for the Yellow Line at its superior manufacturing facility. Solely two trainsets, comprising 12 coaches, will likely be manufactured in China. As per the DPR, Yellow line, which was to be constructed between 2012 and 2015 and commissioned by 2016, has missed a number of deadlines and is anticipated to be operational solely in 2025.
Equally, manufacturing for the Pink Line’s (Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara) prepare units solely commenced in August 2024, pushing the projected operational timeline to late 2026, regardless of earlier targets indicating an earlier begin. As per the DPR, the road was set to be commissioned by 2017, however missed a number of deadlines solely to be pushed to December 2025 and now additional to 2026.
In the meantime, the Outer Ring Highway metro line (Blue), between Central Silk Board Junction to KR Puram alongside the IT hall was slated to be operational by 2023-24. Nevertheless, BMRCL officers have missed the deadline but once more, pushing it to September 2026.
The deadline for the completion of Bengaluru’s most awaited Metro line connecting to Kempegowda Worldwide Airport is June 2026. The road is a part of the Blue Line and could have 17 stations. The Airport Line has been delayed by various elements, together with, a deadly accident in January 2023, following the collapse of Metro pier that killed a mom and her son, public opposition to Metro building throughout evening alongside Outer Ring Highway and delay in shifting of public utilities.
