BENGALURU: With the entire Purple Line stretch from Whitefield to Kengeri set to be connected after the KR Pura to Baiyappanahahalli stretch gets commissioned soon, companies are going all out to ensure their staff use the Metro to commute. Companies have held multiple rounds of talks with BMTC on various options, to use buses from Whitefield or KR Pura Metro stations to their offices.
Chief PRO of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), B L Yashavanth Chavan, told TNIE, “Companies have shown a keen interest to goad employees to use Metro. Applied Materials Inc., a company located in ITPB (International Technology Park Bangalore), Whitefield, has already purchased 500 travel cards for their employees. It has already handed over 100 cards to the staff .”
