Metro underground line will need part of veterinary hospital land

Bengaluru | Friday | 22nd November, 2019

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S Lalitha ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: To put in place its underground stations and tunnels for Metro Phase-II from Vellara Junction to Tannery Road, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited will require 1,200 sqm of land inside the premises of the Veterinary Super Speciality Hospital near Cantonment Railway Station. The 13.92 km underground corridor between Diary Circle and Nagawara, figures in the 21 km Nagawara-Gottigere Line. “Underground power cables would need to be laid from the land to roads nearby through the Veterinary Hospital,” it said. It has promised to provide land in an alternate location shortly and to rebuild the buildings that would be razed down following the completion of Metro work within three years. “Our priority is animal welfare and we need to ensure they should not put under any stress in the process..