The Karnataka government’s approval for a proposal to extend a 20.5 km metro line to connect Hosur in Tamil Nadu has evoked strong reactions with urban mobility activists urging 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 that the Karnataka chief minister giving in principle approval to a proposal by the Krishnagiri MP Dr A Chellakumar’s proposal to connect Hosur with the Namma Metro Phase 2 line which terminates at Bommasandra.
