• 2012
  
  • Karnataka Cabinet clears Rs 27,000 cr for Bangalore metro phase-II

    Karnataka government gave its green signal to take up second phase of Bangalore metro project of 72 kms at an investment of about Rs 27,000 crore. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the second phase is planned to be completed by 2017.

• 2011
  • Amazing ride: Bicycles put Bangalore Metro in danger

    One of the most aspired Diwali gifts for the Bangaloreans - Bangalore Metro would be inaugurated on Thursday, Oct 20. But it seems that from the very initial stage, metro might face a tough competition from bicycles.

  • Logo of Bangalore Metro is Namma Rangoli

    Bangalore Metro Logo, which was designed by Jayanth Jain and Mahendra Kumar, takes its shape from rangoli art gracing frontyards which represents Bangalore's distant past.

  • Bangalore Metro roll into city's heart today amid fanfare

    With Namma Metro setting off on its maiden journey to the hearts of Bangaloreans today (Oct 20), the early Diwali gift though late, has finally arrived to ease the locals from traffic woes. The country's hotshot IT destination and India's Silicon Valley will now have it's very own Metro service that is the most anticipated news the Garden City residents have been waiting for.

  • Namma Metro to recover project cost from advertisement

    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is now eyeing on recovering some part of its project cost through revenue from advertisement and commercial use of BMRCL property.

  • No Coughing & Sneezing in Bangalore Metro, says BMRCL

    Just a day away for Namma Metro to chug in Bangalore, a recent report has claimed that the authorities concerned have drafted a list of those who can board the train and those who cannot. According to the list, an innocent sneeze or cough will make you ineligible to take the dream ride on the Metro with the staff likely to ask you to step out of the train in such a circumstance.

  • Common pass for Bangalore Metro and BMTC bus

    The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) are collectively launching a common day pass called Metro Bus Transit Pass that can be used in both metro and BMTC buses from Oct 20 when commercial service on Reach 1 will be launched.

  • Bangalore Metro kicks off on Oct 20; IT city set for makeover

    With Bengalureans eagerly awaiting the 'Namma Metro' with hope and joy, the service will finally kickstart from Oct 20, Thursday. With the city having to undergo a long wait for the dream ride that they have been waiting for all along, Thursday will see curtains rise on the single most anticipated piece of news for the buzzing IT city.

  • Metro to connect with Bangalore International Airport

    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is planning to launch a High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) project, which will connect Bangalore International Airport and BRV Prade Grounds from the Bangalore Airport rail Link Ltd. The project to be carried under the Karnataka State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation.

  • Namma Metro under terrorists radar; Bangalore wary?

    With Bengalureans eagerly awaiting 'Namma Metro' to roll into their lives, this piece of news is sure to come as a dampener. With the official opening of the metro services on Sept 15, the ambitious project is already in the terror radar. With the IT city still recovering from the memories of the 2008 serial blasts, intelligence inputs have indicated that the brand new Metro stations are being targeted by terror elements.

    The information was accessed by Delhi police who detained terror suspects in the capital. They were found to be carrying sketches of the metro stations and other major installations.

• 2010
  • Cheers! Metro Phase I on time

    There is no place for rumours now.The first phase of the Metro project is on track and the first lane will most probably be inaugurated as per schedule,in December 2010,said BMRCL MD N Sivasailam.

    With a certain amount of confidence I say that the Byappanahalli-MG Road Metro sector will be operational by the end of this year, he said. Speaking at the Earth Hour awareness programme at ING Vysya auditorium,Sivasailam assured the crowd that nature-friendly technology is being used for the Metro project.

• 2009

• Metro in Cubbon Park: HC asks for eco-impact report

  The high court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on Namma Metro work in Cubbon Park to Friday, asking for a copy of the Environmental impact Assessment Study report during the next hearing on Friday. It was with regard to the miscellaneous petition filed by the horticulture department, seeking the court's permission to start felling trees in Cubbon Park.

  The division bench, headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda, adjourned the hearing after the counsel representing the petitioners in the 1998 PIL sought time. The horticulture department has stated that the BMRCL requires 11,160.86 sqm area temporarily, and 2,126.71 sqm area permanently, to house the Vidhana Soudha underground station and ancillary buildings.

• Mono rail gets moving
  The long-pending mono rail project seems to be getting on track. The infrastructure department placed the project before the ABIDe task force members on Wednesday for discussion.

  The 60-km feeder network is being planned on the Swiss Challenge method and two firms have evinced interest. However, no decision has been taken.

• Request by Bangalore University to re-allign Metro The Bangalore University Administrative Council  has requested the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), to reconsider its decision to align the ‘Namma Metro’, along the Central College campus
• Metro Phase 2 plan ready by August 2009 The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is going ahead with phase 2 of the project, progress being made in phase 1 notwithstanding.
• "Namma Metro is safe": Sivasailam, MD,BMRCL Rising concerns of Metro safety,  after the Delhi Metro mishap, authorities of the BMRCL have assured Bangaloreans that "Namma Metro is safe". Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study was done years ago on the safety of the project. Mr Sivasailam denied reports that safety aspects have been ignored by BMRCL in the City

• Working round the clock - Workers at Namma Metro Bangalore Metro contruction brings to our mind the pictures of traffic disruption, change and inumerable diversions and delays. We missed out the human face to it - men donning the yellow caps.  This construction workers coming from all parts of India have to work under pathetic conditions round the clock in 8 hour shifts, check out their story....

• Government plans to step up Bangalore Metro's safety campaign
  Close on the heels of the recent spate of mishaps at the Metro work sites in New Delhi, the urban development department at the Centre has directed all upcoming Metro projects in the country, including Namma Metro, to hold orientation programmes for its workers. This is being done to ensure that accidents in the project areas are done away with.
• Key Metro safety data hidden from public
  What happened in Delhi could happen here too. The Delhi Metro Rail mishap that killed six workers on Sunday has raised serious doubts about whether the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has conducted fool-proof safety tests on the Metro rail project.

  The BMRCL, which says it has conducted the tests, claims it has kept these away from the public domain but experts doubt the claim.As per 2004 norms of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), it is mandatory for agencies and contractors constructing high-rise buildings or elevated structures, as in the metro rail project, to conduct wind analysis and seismic tests.

• Bangalore Metro pace won't be hit
  The BMRC has ruled out any delay in the Bangalore Metro work following the Delhi accident which involved a pier cap along the curved track. Incidentally, in a fortnight, the first curved section of the Bangalore Metro will come up at Brigade Road-MG Road junction.

  The Oct 2008 accident in Delhi had triggered a recheck delaying the Bangalore work by month. BMRC MD N Sivasailam however says there will be no such delay this time. "We are confident of our designs. But forewarned is forearmed. We will have a quick recheck of our calculations and again test our loading patterns and launching techniques for the curved stretches," he told The Times of India

• Namma Metro: don't demolish buildings
  A division Bench of the high court has ordered status quo with regard to some buildings in Basavanagudi, acquired for the
  Namma Metro project for locating South End station.

  "Don't demolish them," the court told the BMRC advocate orally before adjourning hearing on a writ appeal filed by Zakirunnisa and others. The latter alleged there's a shift of 103 metres towards Lalbagh side.

• Million passengers for Namma Metro

Namma metro plans to ferry 10.21 lakh passengers by 2010. BMRCL, project once completed expects to reduce the traffic by 7-18lakhs.  Also opines that mass rapid transport is a must for a growing city like Bangalore.

• 8 lakhs vehicles will be reduced in Bangalore Traffic - BMRC.

Once lauched, Bangalore Metro is expected to reduce nearly 8lakh automobiles in the city according to Uday Holla, the advocate general, high court.

• Labourer dies at Namma Metro Demolition site

Wall collapses during Namma Metro Demolition killing Prakash(aged 24), a Labourer from Kollegal on the spot. This has been the thrid fatal accident in the past one year with Metro construction.

• Metro Work stalled at Lalbagh due to public pressure

Namma Metro construction work has been postponed by 12 days due to the protests raised by the public and environmentalists. About  1135 sq meters of Lalbagh has been acquired to construct the emergency staircase and escalators for passengers to board and land from the station. About 18 trees will be felled for the same reason. BMRCL has assured that the work will be according to Union and State Government approvals and acquision will be done purely for public convinience.

Meanwhile, green campaigners continue to protest against the move....

• Garden city turning into Barren city

Metro construction is fast progressing owing to the felling of trees at Lalbagh and RV Road.  Hasiru Usiru, a green movement campaigners, plan to organise human chain protesting the cutting of trees. Chief Engineer of Namma Metro, RR Doddihal assured that only permitted trees will be cut.

• Under ground tunnel for Namma Metro

Namma Metro Project will plan the tunneling in July. The tunnel path needs to be found, creating a restricted zone. Borewells and wells, belonging to both Government and private need to be closed at restricted zone.
Tenders have been finalised for the ground work and closure of wells in restricted zone. The process is monitored as per the recommendations of the mines and geology department.

• 2008
  • Road widening work on for Metro
    Faced with a poor response to the transfer of development rights (TDR) model, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) isn't losing hope as yet.

    Krishnareddy, Palike chief engineer (major roads), says the move to vet the existing TDR model to lure more people in is still on. "The marking on the properties
    has been done and we have also finalized the alignment on about 10 roads, including Race Course road and Tannery road," he said.

  • Metro Rail reaches second reach
    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) Limited is clearing the decks for construction works on the second reach of Namma Metro.The corporation is set to commence work on reach 2 (Magadi Road to Mysore Road terminal) in December.

    At present, the demolition of structures is already under way on the stretch between the Leprosy hospital junction and toll gate. The BMRC has also compensated 69 property owners on the reach. With the construction works expected to take off soon, the BMRC and the traffic police department are working on an alternative traffic plan. The traffic diversion plan i

  • Monorail put on the fast track
    The state government has added pace to the long-pending proposal for a monorail system in Bangalore by identifying four corridors covering 60 km.
    
    The corridors have been identified under the ambitious comprehensive traffic and transportation plan (CTTP), chief minister B S Yeddyurappa told a high-level meeting on Bangalore infrastructure on Monday.
  • CMH Road traders give in to Namma Metro
    Traders on CMH road seem to have finally lost their battle - the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has finally entered CMH Road, barricading 9.5 mts of the thoroughfare to begin work on the Namma Metro project.
    
  • Traffic woes to continue on CMH Road
    CMH Road, a critical location on the Namma Metro route map, sported a new bustle on Monday as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) commenced work on the stretch. The central portion was being barricaded through the day, monitored by BMRC officials.

    Barricading will take place in phases between BM Shree Circle and Adarsha junction. Once the barricades are in place, traffic will be shut out of 9.5 metres of road space (4.75 metres on either side of the central point). Basaveshwara Rao, project manager of Navayuga Engineering, the contractor executing the work, said barricading work would continue through the night. By evening, the action was concentrated near the CMH Road--Double Road intersection.

  • Metro project: CMH Road traders fret over biz loss
    As the traffic police department gets set to impose restrictions on CMH Road - in connection with commencement of work on the Namma Metro - traders on the road are dreading the possibilities of lean business.

    Traffic movement will be completely blocked on a stretch from BM Sri junction up to CMH Road-Double Road junction, from August 1. D Srinivas, DCP, traffic (east), said a notification with regard to the diversion will be issued in a couple of days. Traffic will be diverted from the BM Sri junction on 100-Feet Road and will move in front of Chinmaya Mission hospital and then take a left turn to reach Old Madras Road.

  • Metro Rail running 9 months late
    Dug-up stretches on MG Road up to Trinity Circle, workers hardly seen at the site, iron cages standing for long and no visible ground work.
    
    Bangaloreans travelling on these stretches have been grumbling that Metro Rail work has slowed down. On Tuesday, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRC) managing director N Sivasailam admitted that Reach 1 of Namma Metro work is nine months behind schedule.
  • BMRCL: No violation in Metro Rail works
    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) on Monday told Karnataka High Court that the Metro Rail works on CMH Road was going on as per the original alignment and that the corporation has not violated any law in executing the same.

    The counsel representing the corporation said when the public were asked to file objections to the alignment, none reacted. Opposing the alignment when the work has been started is not right, he argued.

  • Demolition on Old Madras Road postponed
    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has postponed the demolition of the police housing quarters spread across an area of 1.5 acres on Old Madras Road, Halasoor.

    V Madhu, managing director of BMRCL, said the structural demolition that was supposed to have begun on February 6 has been postponed by a few days due to technical reasons.

  • Bangalore Metro to be ready by 2011
    The Bangalore Metro Rail will be ready for service by the end of 2011, Project Director Sudhir Chandra said.

    Addressing a meeting of Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, he said the first phase of the Rs 6,325 crore project was originally slated to be completed by 2012-2013. The project was conceived 30 years back. Pressure on the road transport would ease once the project was over. ''Once the facility comes up, traffic congestion will ease and pollution rate will be less,'' he said.

  • Stumbling block for Metro Rail
    Several traders were arrested by the Indiranagar police under section 151 CrPC for obstructing a government agency from carrying out its work. They were released later.
  • CMH Road widening from Jan 9
    The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) will begin road/footpath widening works on the busy CMH Road from Wednesday.
• 2007
  • Legal hurdles likely to delay Bangalore’s Metro project
    The city’s residents may have to wait longer than expected for ‘Namma Metro’ (or ‘Our Metro’, as the city’s local train service is branding itself) because of legal hurdles the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp. Ltd faces.
    Executives at the corporation say that while they think they can complete the project by 31 December 2011, lawsuits could make them miss the deadline. There are eight writ petitions against the Rs6,395 crore project in the courts currently, BMRCL executives say. Some petitions have been filed by those whose land has been acquired for the project, while some demand a complete change of the planned route.
  • Metro: CMH Road goes 'silent'
    The busy CMH Road in Indiranagar wore a deserted look on Tuesday, as traders downed shutters for a day-long 'bundh' against the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

    Protesting against the decision of the BMRCL announcing road widening work from this week, the CMH Road Shops and Establishments Association took out a rally from B M Sri Circle to Adarsha Theatre.

  • Bangalore Metro Shorlists 4 Vendors
    BMRCL has short-listed four firms— Siemens AG of Germany, Bombardier Transportation GmbH, Alstom Projects India Ltd, the local subsidiary of France’s Alstom Corp., and state-run BEML Ltd—to build and supply coaches for the local rail network it is buiding in India’s technology hub.
  • Metro Rail compensation package ready
    BMRC has completed the tedious task of valuation of properties in reach one of the ‘Namma Metro’ project and is all set to commence award of compensation to land losers during the first week of November, V Nagendra, Executive Director (Administration) BMRC told Deccan Herald.

  • Work on Metro Rail project picks up
    Come November, the Metro Rail project will enter a more visible phase. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) will begin erecting piers above the ground level on M G Road. However, the work along Old Madras Road is bound to suffer a delay of four weeks due to a litigation pending before the Supreme Court over land acquisition.
  • Metro won't harm heritage structures
    The Metro Rail in Bangalore is unlikely to affect the stability of heritage structures in the city, as the project has been planned in compliance with German standards, said B S Sudhir Chandra, director (project and planning), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited.
  • Mono-rail, check-in facility for Bangalore airport
    The Karnataka government is planning to build a Rs 1,000 crore check-in facility at Bangalore and 28-km-long mono-rail link to Devanahalli International Airport, State PWD Minister H D Revanna said here today.
    Talking to newspersons here, the Minister said the check-in facility would be from Parade Grounds in Mysore road to Devanahalli and the state government was seeking the help of Urban Development Ministry to provide the land acquisition costs.

     

  • RITES consortium bags Bangalore Metro project
    An international consortium, led by RITES, has been awarded a Rs 215 crore project for providing 'General Consultancy Services' for the implementation of Bangalore Metro Project Phase 1.
    The other constituents of the Consortium of RITES Ltd. are PCI (Japan), PBI (US) and SYSTRA (France).

     

  • High-speed rail link to Bangalore airport
    Pushed into action by criticism from the Union civil aviation ministry, the state moved one step forward towards constructing a rail link from the city to the Bangalore International Airport site at Devanahalli.
    To cater to international standards and also to avoid traffic problems, the state government has proposed to run a high-speed elevated train from MG Road to the under-construction airport in two years. The airport itself will be operational next year, from April.

     

  • Felling of trees needed for Metro safety: BMRC MD
    We tried our best to protect the trees. But 16 trees have to be removed as they come in the way of the alignment. More importantly, they have to be cut in the interest of safety of the train.
  • Bangalore Metro to hinder lazy walks on M G Road
    As the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd gears up for a mid-April start of work on the 7-km first stretch (Reach 1, as it has been baptised) between MG Road and Byappanahalli, the promise of recreating an at-grade walkway, beneath the elevated stretch, has also been made.
  • Karnataka HC nods 'GO' for Metro land acquisition
    The Karnataka High Court on April 9, 2007 exempted the Metro rail project from a stay order on land acquisition. The High Court had earlier stayed KIADB land acquisitions in Bangalore Urban and Rural districts. The court, however, has now permitted KIADB to acquire land for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) without any further delay.
  • Mono rail project may out-chug Metro
    The implementation of proposed Metro rail and Mono rail may happen simultaneously, if the pace at which the Karnatak government is pushing the latter is anything to go by. "The Mono rail project consultant, which is likely to be in place in a fortnight's time, will submit a detailed project report in 2 months. Based on the report, the project will be taken up. In all probability, the Mono rail work will start by this year-end," official sources in Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation told sources.
  • Elevated pathway on MG Road to be grounded
    This April 15, the serene oasis in the midst of the bustling heart of the city, the elevated pathway on MG Road will be pulled down for the Metro Rail infrastructure project. This pathway will be repositioned after the completion of works and will be restored at the road level. "The pathway will be pulled down on April 15 and will be restored after the completion of works on this stretch, which is scheduled for March 2008. However, it will be repositioned," said MD, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, V Madhu.
  • Metro Rail to throw Bangalore into haywire
    The physical map of M G Road is all set to change. The famous promenade, the walking strip and fully grown trees will make way for the biggest infrastructure project in Bangalore, the Metro Rail.
  • Metro Rail to travel to new areas
    The Metro Rail facility will be extended to the new areas of Greater Bangalore — 7 CMCs and one TMC.
    Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday told the legislative council that the Metro Rail route, which was originally planned for erstwhile BMP would be extended further.

     

  • Metro will increase woes, feels Chiranjeev Singh
    Former additional CS and honorary president of the forum Chiranjeev Singh said that Bangalore city is getting worse day by day. Jnanapeeth awardee U R Ananthamurthy on Sunday said that urban development will not be complete if problems of aged and children are not addressed properly.
  • Metro Rail work to begin on Feb 3, 2007
    Get set for the hum of Metro Rail activity in Bangalore with work on the Rs 6,395-crore project commencing from the Chinnaswamy Stadium (near Kumble Circle) to Byappanahalli terminal in all probability on February 3.
  • Has Mono Rail been derailed?
    Does anybody remember Mono Rail? The same that was supposed to chug off paper, circa August 15, 2006? The train for which JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda was batting for?
• 2006
  • Metro: Shifting of utility lines on, sans trouble
    Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on Wednesday began shifting of utility lines at Indiranagar for the metro rail project under police protection. Low-tension power lines at Indiranagar 100-Feet Road-Old Madras Road junction were shifted by BMRCL officials in co-operation with Bangalore Electricity Supply Company. Interestingly, there was no resistance from shop owners on CMH Road, who do not want the metro rail to pass through the road. “We had no problem carrying out the work. Police protection was sought as a precautionary measure. Work on shifting utility lines on CMH will also be taken up shortly,” BMRCL Superintending Engineer (Electrical) Yeshwanth Chavan told Deccan Herald.
  • Metro work moves to Cubbon Road
    Ground activity and action on the Metro Rail front made its presence felt adjacent to the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Cubbon Road in the City on Tuesday.
  • Metro rail mooted to beat narrow roads
    A report prepared for the Asian Development Bank-assisted North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Project (NKUSIP) has suggested setting up of metro rail for Hubli-Dharwad, the largest urban centre in the state after Bangalore.
  • Metro project may shunt them out
    People’s resistance - flyovers and underpasses in the city have faced it, it’s the turn of Metro Rail now. Residents, shop owners and shop keepers along the Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road in Indiranagar on Monday resorted to relay hunger-strike demanding that the government should give due consideration to their concerns before going ahead with the Metro Rail Project.
  • Residents, traders see red over govt move
    The State government’s decision, to stick to the proposed alignment of the Bangalore Metro, has not gone down well with residents and traders who are being affected by the project.
  • Priority to metro and mono: CM
    Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that the State government would give priority to both metro and mono rails, on Friday. “Mono rail will be the feeder system for the metro. Work is progressing in this regard, and global tenders will be called for soon,” he said. The mono rail project is presently being handled by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. Four corridors have been proposed, based on an interim traffic report prepared by RITES.
  • It's official: Metro is on
    The Rs 6,395-crore Bangalore Metro Rail project will not be scrapped. The government has accepted the Justice Shivshankar Bhat Committee report, which recommended that the project will go along the CMH Road alignment, CM H D Kumaraswamy said on Friday.
  • Will Mono Rail steal the pie?
    Mono Rail, a complementary feeder system, is threatening to become a cog in the wheel for the Bangalore Metro Rail project.
  • 1,500 families to be derailed for Metro
    For the famed Metro Rail to chug along Byappanahalli to Mysore Road via MG Road, some 1,500 families will have to make way. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) has come up with a comprehensive list of number of families that would be affected by the project.
  • Metro work to begin in Aug 2006
    The foundation may have been laid by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday, but do not expect the Bangalore Metro barricades and trenching work to begin on Monday itself. A “month and a week” is the time given by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) Managing Director V Madhu to begin civil works. “We had called for tenders regarding shifting of public utilities, design of Byapannahalli depot and stations. The process of selecting tenders is still on and will be concluded in a month’s time. We will be ready to begin works by August,” Madhu said.
  • Delayed start for B'lore Metro Rail project
    Bogged down by concerns over of financial feasibility, project viability and gauge selection, the Bangalore Metro Rail Project, proposed for the burgeoning technopolis of the country, will make a ground start tomorrow when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lays the foundation stone for the first phase of the project.
  • PM to inaugurate namma Metro Rail
    Finally there is some hope for the Bangalore Metro Rail project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay foundation stone for the project on June 24 at 3.30 pm.
  • No need for pvt participation in Bangalore Metro
    Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said there was no need for private participation in the proposed Bangalore Metro Rail project as a Special Purpose Vehicle involving both the Union and State Governments would implement it.
  • Centre approves Rs 63.95 bn Bangalore Metro project
    After years of delay the Bangalore Metro Rail project is finally set to take off with the Centre giving the go ahead signal to the Rs 63.95 billion venture.
  • No competition between Metro and Mono
    As Bangalore continues to debate on the Monorail, a presentation on Friday by a specialist transport solutions company on monorail downplayed the Metro or Mono question.
  • HDK gives nod to Monorail; work from Aug
    Another big ticket infrastructure project has just been finalised to ease Bangalore's traffic woes. In what's seen as a gift to Bangaloreans, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday gave the nod for the Monorail project, whose work will begin on August 15.
  • Nine consultants in the race
    Nine general consultants are in the race to bag the contract for developing the design and constructing the Bangalore Metro Rail. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) is scrutinising the documents submitted by the nine consultants, including one by Rail India Tecno and Economic Services (RITES).
  • Bangalore Metro to get subordinate debt not duty exemption
    Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said the Centre had not granted Custom Duty exemption on the import of equipment for execution of the Bangalore Metro project but it would be getting a 'subordinate debt' to offset the losses suffered because of denial of duty exemption.
  • Bangalore Metro Rail suffers yet another delay
  • Only govt land for Metro, says Kumaraswamy
  • Dharam takes a dig at new coalition's stand on metro project
  • CM's office halts acquistion of 150 properties for Bangalore Metro
  • 1st rail of metro project to become operational in 3 years
  • Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) to approve Bangalore Metro on March 16
  • Sharad Pawar says Govt free to choose the gauge of tracks
  • Metro Rail: city ahead in race
  • CMH traders protest against Bangalore Metro
  • HDK to convene Metro meet
• 2005
  • Metro project realignment sought
  • Metro authority a reality soon
  • Deve Gowda now halts Metro Rail project
  • Metro fares will beat bus fares
  • Gowda 'concerned' about huge investment on metro projects
  • Green signal despite hurdles
  • Centre seeks clarification on Gowda's letter about Metro: State replies
  • target="external"> Metro Rail halts on track again
  • The Kencana Kasifa Transit Systems (KKTS)-led Malaysian consortium offers to fund metro
  • BMRTL plans to give Metro as Independence Day gift
  • Clear Metro project quickly: Siddaramaiah tells Centre
  • Why was ELRTS dropped in 2002, ask experts
  • Gowda not against Bangalore metro rail project
  • Metro or Mono, city needs a ring railway says expert
  • Metro will not solve traffic congestion, says IIT expert
  • Metro on track: Malaysian consortium offers to build Metro
  • BMRTL sends clarifications on Metro Rail
  • Mono and metro on same track to progress
  • BJP MLAs blast Gowda for opposing Metro rail project
  • Deve Gowda cries halt to Metro
  • Metro, BMTC to work out feeder service
  • Alter metro plans to avoid destruction: MLA
  • Work on metro rail to start from July 2005
  • Metro rail: 3 months to build each 2-km stretch
  • BMRTL commissions survey to study metro rail extensions
  • Metro Rail takes a step forward
  • CM goes on infrastructure inspection yatra in Bangalore
  • Mysore's MUDA prepares blueprint for Metro
  • Monorail or Metro? That's the question
  • Will metro rail destroy Bangalore's antique charm?
  • Metro rail will not harm city roads, greenery: BMRTL
  • Metro Rail put on fast track
  • Monorail: Route to jam-free Bangalore, says Metrail
  • Bangalore Metro Rail project preparatory works in progress: CM
• 2004
  • Metro Rail needs a big push
  • Monorail good, but check costs, caution experts
  • Metro rail will get nod before first week of Jan 2005: CM
  • Bangalore Metro on the right track
  • Govt to consider monorail project: CM
  • Pollution-free answer to Tech City's traffic woes?
  • Metrail to supplement Bangalore Metro Rail
  • Metro Rail awaiting Central OK: Dharam Singh
  • Japanese company eyes Bangalore Metro Rail project
  • Metro rail: Land acquisition notification soon
  • Metro rail in the pink of health
  • Authorities turn blind eye to the needs of Koramangala
  • Dharam stumps all: Metro to get funds, to be completed in 36 months
  • Bangalore Metro to add to construction, job boom
  • State to seek financial aid from Central govt for Metro Rail
  • BMRTL yet to receive cess booty
  • Metro Rail to achieve financial closure in November 2004
  • Bangalore Metro work to start in January, 2005
  • Union Minister asks State to expand reach of Bangalore Metro to cover Electronics City, ITPL, Airport
  • Metro Rail Project to remain on track Hidden hurdles hit Dairy circle flyover construction
  • Metro rail: Govt freezes development in 247 properties
  • Metro Rail work to begin by Aug 2004, Delhi Metro to head the project
  • Citizens fight to stall flyover near National College Basavangudi
• 2003
  • Bangalore Metro gets plan panel nod, to be completed by 2004
  • Metro Rail to roll out by 2008
  • Centre's nod for metro rail soon