PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru Metro’s Yellow Line on August 10
The 19.15-km Metro line will connect RV Road to Bommasandra with 16 stations and is expected to benefit close to 8 lakh commuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bengaluru and inaugurate the Yellow Line Metro on August 10, BJP leader Tejasvi Surya announced on Sunday (August 3).
Modi will also lay the foundation stone for Metro Phase-3, he said.
In a post on X, Surya said Modi’s visit “will be a landmark moment for Bengaluru South”.
He added that the Yellow Line will cater to close to 8 lakh commuters and the “infamous Silk Board jam” will be addressed greatly. Public transport is the only option to reduce traffic congestion.
“Together, these projects will benefit nearly 25 lakh people in Bengaluru South,” he said.
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Deadline met
The MP said with the inauguration on August 10, the Yellow Line Metro project would meet the August 15 deadline.
Surya said this could happen because of Modi’s personal insistence that this must be open to public without any further delay.
Surya, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president, quoted Union Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on X. He said the 19.15-km Yellow Line, from RV Road to Bommasandra, will have 16 stations. The total project cost was Rs 5,056.99 crore. The 44.65-km Bangalore Metro Phase-3 will cost Rs 15,611 crore.
Surya had staged a demonstration to open the Yellow Line of Bengaluru Metro Rail project recently.
(With agency inputs)