BMRCL fast-tracks ₹5,300-cr ORR Metro Project

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has fast-tracked the Outer Ring Road (ORR) metro project involving an investment of ₹5,300 crore and is being financed by the Asian Development Bank. The elevated project with a length of 19-km with 13 stations along the Light Blue Line is crucial for the city as it passes through the IT corridor housing several multinational companies. According to the DPR prepared by BMRCL, for the first — 9.8km elevated section with six stations (Central Silk Board Junction, HSR Layout, Agara Junction, Iblur Junction, Bellandur, Kadubeesanahalli and construction of a 2.8m flyover at Central Silk Board) — Mumbai-based Afcons Infrastructure Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder. In the second — 9.7km elevated section housing seven stations (Kodibisanhalli, Marathahalli, ISRO Layout, Doddanekkundi, DRDO Sports Complex, Saraswathi Nagar (Mahadevapura) and K R Puram and a 2km link line to Byappanahalli depot) — Bengaluru-based Shankaranarayana Constructions became the lowest bidder.