K-RIDE fears lack of land for suburban rail if quadrupling of Whitefield railway line is taken up

The Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Enterprise (K-RIDE), which is tasked with the responsibility of building a 148-km suburban rail network, has voiced concerns over the quadrupling work being taken up on the Whitefield stretch.

The K-RIDE fears lack of railway land to build the third suburban rail corridor on the 18-km stretch if the South Western Railway (SWR) completes adding two new tracks.

During the recent Board meeting, Amit Garg, managing director (now replaced by Gaurav Gupta, additional chief secretary), said the K-RIDE will not be able to get railway land to construct dedicated line if the SWR proceeds with the quadrupling project.