Revise suburban rail project, extend it to other towns: Minister
Minister for Infrastructure Development, Commerce and Industries M B Patil has called for revising the Rs 15,767-crore Bengaluru suburban railway project so that it could be extended to Mysuru, Mandya, Kolar, Dobbspet, Gauribidanur and Hindupur.
On Tuesday, the minister chaired a review meeting on the 148-km project whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a 40-month deadline.
Currently, groundwork has begun on only one of the four corridors (Baiyappanahalli-Chikkabanavar). Another corridor (Heelalige-Rajanukunte) is under tendering, while bids are yet to be invited for the remaining two (KSR Bengaluru-Devanahalli and Kengeri-Whitefield).
