Bengaluru: Church, environment bodies hail BMRCL for revised plan of proposed underground station

The joint statement issued by the All Saints Church congregation and citizens groups such as Heritage Beku and Environment Support Group (ESG) Monday termed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s (BMRCL) announcement to modify the design of the proposed underground station at the Rashtriya Military School station (formerly Vellara Junction) as a “win win for all”.

“All Saints Church, a living heritage of Bengaluru which completed its sesquicentennial anniversary (150 years) a year ago, is safe from Bengaluru Metro construction. The sacred grove of the church, abutting the church, was where an underground station of Namma Metro was proposed. This meant at least 100 heritage trees that created a most extraordinarily beautiful sacred grove of the church, would have been felled.