Bengaluru: Govt scraps earlier plan, to build ground level Metro depot at Challaghatta

The Karnataka government has decided to construct a ground level Metro depot by scrapping the earlier plan of an elevated depot at Challaghatta across NICE Road and along Mysuru Road.

A high-powered committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary, with representatives of all transport bodies, including Directorate of Urban Land Transport, recently took a unanimous decision on the issue, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) officials.

“Earlier, there was the plan to have an elevated depot at Challaghatta and a bus depot for Karnataka State Road transport corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses below. But we have now decided to construct the depot at the ground level.