K'taka govt clears suburban rail project

  • | Friday | 11th January, 2019

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday cleared the much-awaited Rs 23,000-crore suburban railway corridor project and green-lighted a change in alignment of Namma Metro project to provide seamless connectivity to the Kempegowda International Airport. Bengaluru city will have 81 suburban stations with the minimum distance between stations being 2km. The four-corridor project has a total length of 161km, and crisscrosses the city in six directions. The cabinet that met here on Thursday cleared the projects, which seek to ease traffic congestion on the city roads. The objective of the alignment rejig, which will cost the state government Rs 5,000 crore, is to cover more areas.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday cleared the much-awaited Rs 23,000-crore suburban railway corridor project and green-lighted a change in alignment of Namma Metro project to provide seamless connectivity to the Kempegowda International Airport. The cabinet that met here on Thursday cleared the projects, which seek to ease traffic congestion on the city roads. “The projects are a New Year’s gift to Bengalureans,” co-operation minister Bandeppa Kashempur told reporters here.As per the changed alignment, the Nagawara-airport Metro line will run via Hebbal and Jakkur.Earlier, the alignment was to run through Ramakrishna Hegde Nagar and Jakkur. The objective of the alignment rejig, which will cost the state government Rs 5,000 crore, is to cover more areas. The length of the changed Metro line will be 38 km, nearly 9km more than the first plan.The RITES feasibility report, approved by the cabinet on Thursday, projects 10 lakh people may travel on the suburban railway corridor once it’s operational by 2025. The four-corridor project has a total length of 161km, and crisscrosses the city in six directions. The project will have two dedicated tracks on either side of the existing railway line.Kashempur said the Centre and the state will share 20% each of the total cost and the rest will be loan. Bengaluru city will have 81 suburban stations with the minimum distance between stations being 2km. Thirty stations are elevated.BMRCL and European Investment Bank will sign a loan agreement for 200 million euros for Namma Metro's Phase 2 on Friday.

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