Bangalore Metro plans to launch Anjanapura route in November, Kengeri in FebruaryThe news is sure to gladden residents of south Bengaluru as commuting between north and south and east and western parts of Bengaluru is a ...
30 Jul, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
Councillors busy with polls, not a single ward committee meets in AprilMeetings were not held in any of the wards in April as the councillors who chair committees were busy with election campaigning.
30 Apr, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
BDA has not planted a single sapling in 2 yearsBDA has cut many trees to develop layouts but not helped replenish green cover
11 Feb, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Namma Metro looks to bolster revenue, may exploit space in phase II depots for commercial useBMRCL exploring possibility of developing property in at least 3 depots under Phase II
13 Dec, 2018, 03.35 PM IST
L&T Construction bags Rs 138-cr order from Bengaluru MetroThe work includes the supply and installation of telecommunication systems for Namma Metro’s 27 stations.
02 Nov, 2018, 04.57 PM IST
With no land for depot, Bengaluru's metro phase II in limboThe depot planned at Challaghatta in Kengeri requires 40 acres. Of this, 17 acres were acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA...
19 Feb, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Metro move to get more contractors backfiresThe BMRCL had estimated tunnelling and construction of 12 underground metro stations between Nagawara and Dairy Circle to cost ₹5,048 crore.
12 Feb, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Now, BMRCL chalks out a 'NICE' plan for Namma MetroBMRCL teams up with NICE to construct stations and multi-level parking complexes wherever metro lines and NICE peripheral roads meet.
08 May, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro phase II land acquisition on trackBMRCL is spending Rs 5,000 crore to acquire the total 102.02 hectares, or 252 acres, said managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola.
12 Apr, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
It is official: Metro phase II completion could be in 2022The project, which started in February 2014, was supposed to be complete in December 2020. The dashboard predicts a 36% time delay, which w...
08 Mar, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
At Rs 247 crore, contract for Namma Metro purple line extension finalisedThis is the fourth major contract that has been awarded under Phase II. The earlier ones were the Mysuru Road extension (two contracts) and...
28 Feb, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
It's a 3-year wait until Metro decongests Kanakapura roadMeanwhile, the BMRCL had to cut as many as 127 trees for this elevated metro project. While approval to cut 44 trees is accorded by BBMP, t...
09 Jan, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Roads face demolition threat now: BBMPIn Koti Hosahalli at Vidyaranyapura, asphalt roads were laid "by closing existing storm water drains," according to information made public...
31 Aug, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Mysuru Road-Kengeri metro work from next monthThe metro rail work on the 6.5-km stretch between the Mysuru Road station and Kengeri will begin as early as next month.
09 Sep, 2015, 10.15 AM IST
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation MD told to complete phase I by March 2016"We are already two years behind the schedule and we have committed to the PMO that phase I will be ready by March 2016," Kaushik Mukherjee...
12 Aug, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
- Cab driver convicted in Pratibha rape-and-murder case
A city court convicted cab driver Shiv Kumar in the rape-and-murder case of BPO employee Pratibha Srikanthamurthy.
06 Oct, 2010, 01.32 PM IST
- Profile: Jayakar Jerome
Aserving bureaucrat participating in an interactive session on civic infrastructure of Bangalore recently, remarked: ”Bangalore grows where...
08 Jul, 2006, 02.37 AM IST