Bengaluru: The financial budget has arranged additional routes, totaling 95 km in Stage 3 of ‘Namma Metro’ Rail scheme, which will interface J.P Nagar with K.R. Puram and cover 42.75 km. These routes incorporate 12.5 km from Tollgate to Kadabagere, 3.07 km from Gottigere to Basavapura, 18.95 km from R.K. Hegde Nagar to Aerospace stop, […]

Bangalore: Commuters looking forward to a ‘driver-less Metro’ will have to wait for another five to seven years until Phase 2 of Namma Metro too is completed. P S Kharola, MD, BMRCL, at an interaction at the Indiranagar Club, said the technology for trains without a loco pilot is different from the present one and […]

Bangalore: This weekend will be special for the residents of West and North Bangalore when their dream to ride the Namma Metro will become a reality. The 10-km line of Namma Metro Reaches 3 and 3a, between Peenya Industry and Sampige Road Metro Stations, will be thrown open to the people at 6 a.m. on […]

Bangalore : The high court on Friday refused to pass an interim stay on shifting of the Dr BR Ambedkar statue in front of Vidhana Soudha for facilitating speedy work on Namma Metro. “We are not staying it. Let the government have its say,” a vacation division bench headed by Justice H Billappa observed while […]

Bangalore: With the condition of roads and footpaths along Namma Metro alignment across the city in a poor condition, Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has directed the officials of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take up repairs by sharing costs equally. Chairing a meeting here on Monday, he […]

Bangalore : An Earth Pressure Balanced Machine (EPBM) from China is in the capital to undertake the tunnel laying works for the Namma Metro project. Presently, the task of assembling this machine is on near the Jakkarayanakere grounds. Yet another EPBM of a Chinese company is to arrive shortly. The task of laying tunnel from […]

Bangalore: The Metro rail chugged into the IT hub of Bangalore Thursday, promising the beginning of the end of the city’s traffic woes and becoming a reality almost 30 years after the idea was mooted. The three-coach service can carry 1,000 commuters and links the eastern suburb of Byappanahalli to M.G. Road, the city’s most […]

Bangalore : The Namma Metro service in India’s tech hub will chug from Thursday evening, with the decks cleared for commercial operations of the project that has been hit by cost overruns and inordinate delays. “The first phase (Reach-1) of the Namma Metro service will commence operations Thursday evening from 4 p.m. after union Urban […]

Bangalore : The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been observed to be very active in their functioning recently. With activities ranging from planting saplings to covering several potholes in a single day or beating drums to recover property taxes, their dedication has left many people pleasantly surprised. The mayor, at the top of the […]

 Bangalore : Contrary to apprehensions that the commercial operations of Namma Metro’s on Reach-1 is unlikely to begin anytime soon, Chief Minister B.S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said the State is looking at September 1 for the same.  Yeddyurappa, exuding confidence that the project would soon obtain the necessary clearances, said the government will try to […]