Ground-level elevated metro depot at Bengaluru’s Challaghatta to save Rs 400 crore

BENGALURU: Bearing in mind the huge costs involved in building an elevated depot at Challaghatta, the State government has decided to construct it at the ground level. A high-powered committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary, with representatives of all transport bodies, took a unanimous decision on the issue on Wednesday. The preparation of at-grade designs will start immediately.

The depot in West Bengaluru is of crucial importance as all trains of the Baiyappanahalli-Kengeri Line (that would be later extended till Challaghatta) will be stabled and maintained here when ready. Top officials of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation took part in the meeting.