Bengaluru: Metro’s Shettigere depot set to clear final land hurdle
The proposed metro depot at Shettigere, which will service the 38.44-km airport line, is set to clear the last land acquisition hurdle.
The KIADB is acquiring the final five acres of land required for the depot-workshop, which will be located on the right side of Ballari Road near the trumpet toll plaza in northern Bengaluru. The depot will be necessary for stabling and maintaining trains.
The BMRCL needed 91,532 square metres (22.62 acres) for the Shettigere depot. It quickly got about 18 acres because the land belonged to the state government. However, acquiring the remaining five acres proved tricky because of a dispute over who actually owned the land.
