BMRCL launches ₹30,695-cr Phase-II of metro rail venture

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The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation has launched the tunnelling work on the Phase-II of the metro project involving an investment of ₹30,695 crore and the CM has set in motion the work by one Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM.) There is a plan to extend the city's metro line network from KR Puram to Kempegowda International Airport via Hebbal and Nagawara and with the lowering of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Urja in Shivajinagar which has started digging the tunnel up to the Cantonment and beyond. The Yelachenahalli-Anjanapura route is expected to open in November this year and the Mysuru Road-Kengeri stretch in February next year. For this metro line extension, BMRCL has acquired properties on various stretches of the alignment. The Phase 1 Bangalore Metro network consists of two corridors including the East-West corridor. The Metro authority has also announced its plan to launch operations on Nagasadra- BIEC by Jan 2022 and Byapanahalli-Whitefield in June 2022. The new route is expected to open RV Road Bommasandra in March 2022 and Kalena Agrahara-Nagawara in June 2024.

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