The state government’s approval to a proposal to construct a 20.5-km metro line to connect Hosur in Tamil Nadu has evoked strong reactions.
Urban mobility activists have urged the governments and leaders to focus on suburban rail instead, by quadrupling the existing railway line till Attibele.
DH on Thursday reported about the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) informing the union ministry of housing and urban affairs on May 5, about CM Basavaraj Bommai giving in-principle approval to a proposal by Krishnagiri MP Dr A Chellakumar, to connect Hosur with the Metro phase 2 line, which terminates at Bommasandra.