18 oct 2012
Bangalore:
Bangalore Metro completes a year
 |
| Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India |
It has been
a year since the much-hyped and awaited Bangalore Metro began commercial
operations in the city. Running across a seven-kilometre stretch between the
central Mahatma Gandhi road and Byapanahalli in the east, the metro ferries
around 22,000 passengers daily and has to some extent, eased the pressure off the
notorious traffic situation in the city.
Now, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation - the nodal body for the project in the city - is hoping that the northern and southern stretches in the city will be ready for use by the second half of 2013. This entails another 35 kilometres of connectivity, with nine kilometres running underground. The entire project is budgeted at Rs. 11,600 crore.
Plans are also afoot for a metro rail connection to the Bangalore International Airport which would cost an estimated Rs. 5000 crore.
Built at a cost of Rs. 1,540 crore, that took a little over four years, the
Bangalore Metro currently sees earnings of over Rs. 11 crore per day. Presently,
the elevated trains that link the city centre to eastern suburbs run from 6 am
to 11 pm. Trains are scheduled every ten minutes in peak hours. The cost for a
one-way ticket is Rs. 15. Now, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation - the nodal body for the project in the city - is hoping that the northern and southern stretches in the city will be ready for use by the second half of 2013. This entails another 35 kilometres of connectivity, with nine kilometres running underground. The entire project is budgeted at Rs. 11,600 crore.
Plans are also afoot for a metro rail connection to the Bangalore International Airport which would cost an estimated Rs. 5000 crore.
No comments:
Post a Comment